VLVL: What troubles Zoyd's sleep?

[Otto]

----- Original Message -----
From: "jbor" <jbor at bigpond.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: VLVL: What troubles Zoyd's sleep?
> If we're
> tempted to excuse all of Zoyd's behaviour and character flaws on the
grounds
> that he truly loves Frenesi and he has been a good provider for Prairie,
why
> can't we excuse Brock's behaviour in setting up the raid on the same
basis?
> It's the exact same motive and aim sitting behind it all. In his way,
Brock
> loves Frenesi too, and he sets up the raid and deal so that Zoyd will be
> collecting regular payments from the government which are going to assist
in
> supporting Frenesi's child. What justification is there - apart from
> preconceived notions of "good" and "bad" - for applying the double
standard?
>

But that's not the case, there's no double standard here. BV doesn't love
Frenesi, he's only obsessed to control her, to have her whenever he wants.
He obviously had no plans living with her and starting a family. Instead
he'd sent her to Flash and kept using the couple for his sinister purposes.

Zoyd never destroyed a family, never turned somebody into a snitch, never
did send someone to jail.

Otto