IV - chapter 19 - page 345- 347
Bekah
bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net
Thu Jan 7 10:31:30 CST 2010
On Jan 6, 2010, at 9:46 PM, Bekah wrote:
> And Fenway, "It's about <italics> being in place <end
> italics>." Now, repeat that slowly: *** BEING IN PLACE ***
>
> Why the italics - what is that signifying? Or is Fenway emphasizing
> it with his voice? (Again, why?) The idea of "being in place"
> is kind of Buddhist or Confucian in some respects. But keeping or
> minding your place is also Victorian thinking. And the concept of
> "numeric place value" is accounting and capitalism again.
Oh it's just the attitude of old Fenway and his determination to
"protect and maintain the status quo," (an old phrase from those days.)
That's the obvious motivation for those comments but I neglected to be
specific about it.
Bek
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