BE : More Ch 4 departure

[Mark Kohut]

Agree....and yes one major reason he is a writer of deep genius, a deep
visionary Archer.

I think and have tried to show in many different textual examples over many
postings on all the books here, with interpretation, P's thematic tropes,
etc.  that he is not on the side of violence
as a part of his vision. But he, like the artist he is has seen it in
action and its effects in history and w people in  many, many ways and
incorporates much of that into all his work.

On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 2:06 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> It’s good to see the Rev. (and Pynchon) give voice this universal dilemma
> that all people of conscience must constantly try to honestly negotiate.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 1:10 PM Allen Ruch <quail at shipwrecklibrary.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm especially thinking of Reverend Moss Gatlin here:
> >
> > "Being born into this don’t automatically make you innocent. But when you
> > reach a point in your life when you understand who is fucking who—beg
> > pardon, Lord—who’s taking it and who’s not, that’s when you’re obliged to
> > choose how much you’ll go along with. If you are not devoting every
> breath
> > of every day waking and sleeping to destroying those who slaughter
> innocent
> > as easy as signing a check, then how innocent are you willing to call
> > yourself? It must be negotiated with the day in those absolute terms."
> >
> > —Quail
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