VERY P.; ALL P. .....the new one INHERENT VICE!

[Heikki Raudaskoski]

Ya Sam, you brought up very helpful definitions.


Besides, isn't there the vice of complicity inherent to all of us:

"Well, if the Counterforce knew better what those categories concealed,
they might be in a better position to disarm, de-penis and dismantle the
Man. But they don't. Actually they do, but they don't admit it. Sad but
true. They are as schizoid, as double-minded in the massive presence of
money, as any of the rest of us, and that's the hard fact. The Man has a
branch office in each of our brains, his corporate emblem is a white
albatross, each local rep has a cover known as the Ego, and their mission
in this world is Bad Shit. We do know what's going on, and we let it go
on. As long as we can see them, stare at them, those massively moneyed,
once in a while. As long as they allow us a glimpse, however rarely. We
need that. And how they know it--how often, under what conditions...."
GR (Viking 1973) 712-713.


Heikki

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008, Mark Kohut wrote:

> Ya Sam,
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> First off the mark...great.
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> a bit like entropy redux?
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> Mark
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> --- On Tue, 11/25/08, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > From: Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com>
> > Subject: RE: VERY P.; ALL P. .....the new one INHERENT VICE!
> > To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> > Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 1:25 PM
> > inherent vice
> > DefinitionHidden defect (or the very nature) of a good or
> > propertywhich of itself is the cause of (or contributes to)
> > itsdeterioration, damage, or wastage. Such characteristicsor
> > defects make the item an unacceptable risk to acarrier or
> > insurer. If the characteristic or defect is not visible, and
> > if the carrier or the insurer has not been warned of it,
> > neither of them may be liable for any claimarising solely
> > out of the inherent vice.
> >
> > inherent vice: n. ~ The tendency of material to deteriorate
> > due to the essential instability of the components or
> > interaction among components.
> > SAA Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology
> >
> >
> > INHERENT VICE - A loss caused by the inherent nature of the
> > thing insured and not the result of a casualty or external
> > cause.
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