Ethical Diversions

MalignD at aol.com MalignD at aol.com
Wed Jun 21 16:42:11 CDT 2006


<< So, the Holocaust is something which is occurring offstage in GR, and  
it's never foregrounded explicitly precisely because the vast majority of 
characters and narrative vantages wouldn't have known anything about  it. >>

I think we agree in sum, but isn't this a little circular?  I.e. -- or, he 
created characters with limited knowledge so that he wouldn't have to foreground 
the Holocaust.



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