afterthought per Ray and Richard

[Ray Easton]

Mark Kohut wrote:
> If P's massive satire in his works, which we seem to agree on, is NOT his only visionary weapon, THEN what values can we find in the text that are beyond satire? Any? Simple logic, basic rationality against the occult and conspiracies? ---He even satirizes THAT, I would suggest.



Do the texts "contain" values that are not themselves the subject of 
satire or some other variety of critique? 


While the concrete methods that people employ in an attempt to "be on 
the side of the preterite" *are* subjected to the author's critique, the 
bare act of choosing this side rather the side of the Elect seems to me 
to be unequivocally endorsed by the tests and not itself a subject of 
criticism.  The texts are on the side of Freedom even if the author also 
sees that, fucked up creatures that we humans are, there can never be 
such a thing.


Ray