C of L 49: "That's how it is..most of the time."

[Campbel Morgan]

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> From: Paul Mackin
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>> But doesn't the satire seem particularly directed at the anarchist types?
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No. I disagree. It is not particularly directed at these character types,
although these types are treated with soft satire and are therefore, as you
noted, Paul, funny characterizartions. The author knows his audience well
and he knows what they know and what they care about. To smash his anarchist
types would defeat his purpose, insult his audience and undermine his form
(i.e. his satire).  His wit, not his humor, and his wit far exceeds his
humor, is particularly directed, but not at the fools and types, but at the
systems the foools are trying to resist.
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