IV - chapter 19 page 348 - 350

[Joseph Tracy]

This doesn't quite make sense to me. If Bigfoot wanted to bust Doc he  
could easily do it himself, arresting him either for dope or the  
homicides. I think it is one more attempt by BF to pull Doc in as his  
partner and keep him in the game by leaving Doc bargaining power.


As far as Doc losing interest in the investigation , I think it is  
pretty basic. The Golden Fang is not some supersecret cabal that  
exposure would defang. They were never hard to discover. They are  
connected on every level of society and enormously powerful. They are  
also willing to kill.  On a fundamental level this story represents   
Doc's awakening to political consciousness.

Anyone who starts seriously to investigate the criminality and  
violence embedded in American society and history will find the same  
essential collection of Fangers that Doc discovers. No solitary David  
can bring down this Goliath with any sling or stone known to man, and  
the sustained collective  outrage and action that might change the  
rules is dissipated, absorbed and redirected by the masters of  
pimpery, the lords of commerce.


On Jan 8, 2010, at 5:27 PM, David Morris wrote:


>> On Jan 8, 2010, at 10:02 AM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
>>
>>>  I think most of us would agree that Bigfoot's never been  
>>> portrayed as an in-your-face Bad Guy.
>>>
>
> I think he *surprisingly* IS portrayed as an in-your-face Bad Guy when
> he sets up Doc to be majorly busted at the end.  Of course in true
> cartoon fashion the tables are turned and justice is served because of
> this attempted injustice.  What would have motivated Big Foot to turn
> that bad?