IVIV (13) scene one question

[Michael Bailey]

John Bailey wrote:
> Mark quoted:
>
> Maybe Doc's self-justification makes moral sense in the world of IV,
> but IV's just a cartoony fiction itself so we shouldn't go furiously
> killing baddies and use it as our ethical defence.
>

otoh, Eliot mentions the hot gates, (wasn't that also what that
movie 300 was about? a-and the satire "Meet the Spartans"...)
and seems to have genuine respect for the martial defense of
democracy against empire.  And the emotions it engenders.
"resisting authority, subduing hired guns, defending your old lady's honor
all amounted to the same thing"

In fact, Inherent Vice could be construed as setting up an elaborate
hypothetical
case in which these emotions could be justified.  (with limiting
factors built in,
such as self-defense and unrepentant evil)