On the use and meaning of "Mad Dog' Bertie Russell in Against the Day: Up society's ass, Copper!

[Mark Kohut]

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On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 10:52 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> We discussed how the slang phrase meant that one was actually a "sane"
> resister---called a Mad Dog because of society's repressions-- during the
> Group Read, so long ago, I believe.
>
> Not sure if we gave examples. But here the epithet appears from the end of
> Portnoy's Complaint, 1969, trailing one famous phrase
> from the book:
>
> Portnoy fantasizes, full of all his guilt, for his sins, real and
> imagined, including ripping the Do Not Remove Under Penalty of
> Law tag on his mattress: "This is the police speaking. You're surrounded,
> Portnoy. You better come on out and pay your debt
> to society." "Up society's ass, Cooper!" "Three to come out with those
> hands of yours up in the air, Mad Dog, or else we come in
> after you, guns blazing.
>