VLVL "betrayal, cowardice, destructiveness, and lying" (81)
Otto
ottosell at yahoo.de
Wed May 12 09:32:34 CDT 2004
>
> There's one quote missing which I wasn't able to locate
> because I was lacking the time on the weekend.
>
"Hector assumed parallels were being drawn to back in '51, when HUAC came to
town, and the years of blacklist and the long games of spiritual Monopoly
that had followed. Did he give a shit? Communists then, dopers now,
tomorrow, who knew, maybe the faggots, so what, it was all the same beef,
wasn't it? Anybody looking like a normal American but living a secret life
was always good for a pop if times got slow -- easy and cost-effective, that
was simple Law Enforcement 101." (339.5-13)
"Communists then, dopers now, tomorrow, who knew, maybe the faggots" sounds
like Martin Niemöller, doesn't it?
Otto
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