Re: GR translation: It isn’t politics or fuck-your-buddy

[Monte Davis]

"Devil take the hindmost": pure animal self-interest, the obverse and dark
twin of "band of brothers," comrades in arms, etc etc etc. Yes, that
much-celebrated bonding happens... but so does the battlefield equivalent
of the good old civilian "I disliked that guy the first time I laid eyes on
him."

On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 11:05 PM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> V331.19-27, P336.13-21   . . . . Geli snickering in the darkness. They
> must have known her. They didn’t ask her anything.
>        When he brought it up later, she wasn’t sure just what this is
> between Tchitcherine and the Africans, but whatever it is it’s being
> carried on with high passion.
>        “It’s hate, all right,” she said. “Stupid, stupid—The war’s
> over. It isn’t politics or fuck-your-buddy, it’s old-time, pure,
> personal hate.”
>        “Enzian?”
>        “I think so.”
>
> What kind of sentiment does "fuck-your-buddy" imply here?
> -
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