Benny as Angel of Death

[Michael Bailey]

bandwraith wrote:
> I haven't used condoms in years, but back
> in the day, they all had "For prophylactic use
> only" stamped on them. A sop to the pope
> I guess, or good marketing, since most
> catholics I know fuck like rabbits.(skewed
> sample, of course) But which is it here,
> prophylaxis OR contraception? Prophylaxis
> AND contraception? Prophylaxis and/or
> contraception? What is supposed to be
> excluded, life or disease?
>

it's interesting though maybe not germane that inside "prophylactic"
is the root of "phylactery" which is a prayer garment, isn't it?

> Some people are convinced that life IS
> a disease which  infected the once
> pristine inanimate universe. Surely there
> is no disease without life. So, I guess,
> life is the mother of all disease, while
> at the same time, the mother of all hope.
>
> Could be another one of those Inherent
> Vices- hard to find insurance for, high
> premium. Worth the sacrifice, I suppose.
>
> Benny? Even as the A. of D., still a schlemiel.
>

Maybe I caught some of his malaise, because even though Richard Ryan
quoted the passage, I was still thinking that Benny said the MMTU.  It
was Stencil, though.

so that would (with the appropriate caveats) associate Benny with the
Egyptian captivity, and Stencil with the Babylonian captivity?  Except
that Benny writes on the wall of the USS SS.  So if there is
mirroring, where does Stencil do something on people's doors (he
knocks on a lot of doors...)