Not P but Moby-Dick (12)

[David Morris]

It’s a commitment (as is amply demonstrated throughout the Burke) to join
in a deeply personal, quasi-sexual, act and experience.

On Sat, Sep 23, 2023 at 1:03 PM Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think you are correct to regard it as solemn commitment among the crew,
> in […] In other words, yeah, a strong oath.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Sep 23, 2023, at 8:38 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > The following excerpt is from Chapter 36:
> >
> > Then tossing both arms, with measureless imprecations he shouted out:
> “Aye,
> > aye! and I’ll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round
> the
> > Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition’s flames before I give him up. And
> > this is what ye have shipped for, men! to chase that white whale on both
> > sides of land, and over all sides of earth, till he spouts black blood
> and
> > rolls fin out. What say ye, men, will ye splice hands on it, now? I think
> > ye do look brave.”
> >
> > What exactly does "splice hands" entail here? Does it involve an oath of
> > some kind, or is it less than that?
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