GRGR who are They, anyway?

[Ghetta Life]

>From: Cometman <cometman_98 at yahoo.com>
>
>--- Ghetta Life <ghetta_outta at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > One of the major points in GR is that The Firm (aka "They") is 
>multi-trans-sans-national.  And it has been around for a very long time.
>
> >Slothrop is one of Their long-term projects.  He's not someone who's 
>talent has just been recently discovered.  So the babe-magnet aspect is 
>interesting, but not the core of his talent.  His talent is 
>rocket-orientation, with maybe an aspect Oneirine added (for time 
>manipulation) & Imipolex (the material of the future).
>
>
>But wasn't it Jamf who set up the experiment with Infant Tyrone?  And what 
>is he doing, dipping into behaviorism instead of following his own advice 
>and studying the silicon bond?  How highly is Jamf placed, with Them?  Or 
>is he too just a tool, dream-driven like Kekule?  But then the 
>dream-senders aren't promoting the silicon bond, but the humanistic 
>potentials in the carbon bond

Behaviorism?  Whatever it takes to get the job done:

"what's haunting [Slothrop] now will prove to be the smell of Imipolex G" 
286

"the Imipolex shroud. Flotsam from his childhood are rising through his 
attention" 754

> > I think this all implies that the new apocalypse is not something that 
>They are looking to avoid.  In fact I'd say they are rushing toward it at 
>full speed.
>
>it's hard to disagree, given the headlines...but why, I don't get why if 
>They have the ability to control things, they wouldn't just decree and 
>enforce pleasure...
>
>rather than thinking Slothrop's attracting the rockets, what if he's 
>counteracting their effects ahead of time by spreading "mindless pleasures" 
>-- what if They aren't all-powerful, but are acting counter-entropically in 
>Their own way?

They aren't interested in humanity.  They only care about technology.  And 
their ddreams are of Death.  BUT, Slothrop does become Their King Kong, 
remember?  The monster who slipped out of Their control...

Ghetta

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