BE: definitions of innocence (chs. 31, 40)

[David Morris]

Whatever the character saying this meant, we shouldn't assume She is He.
 She is a speaker amongst many.

On Friday, October 4, 2013, wrote:

> Unless he means that innocence and guilt end with death -- not a very
> interesting point -- this is a bizarre statement.  If he had said there are
> no innocent dead, it would be a cruel statement, but arguable.
>
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> Subject: BE: definitions of innocence (chs. 31, 40)
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>  p. 340:
> "...meantime the only help we get from the media is boo hoo the
> innocent dead. Boo fuckin hoo. You know what? All the dead are
> innocent. There's no uninnocent dead."
>
> p.450:
> "Everybody thinks they know more than her. The old sad delusion of
> every insect-free know-it-all in this miserable town. Everybody thinks
> they live in 'the real world' and she doesn't.... So that's what it
> is, to be an 'innocent person'."
>
> No flies on P. Just me, or does the author seem, ah,
> uncharacteristically angry in this particular outing?
>
> -- http://posthistoricpress.blogspot.com/
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