(urth) [SPAM] A very interesting interview indeed

[Jeff Wilson]

Adam Thornton wrote:

> I was reading the recently-posted Larry McCaffery interview, in which  
> the mystery of 5HC is "given away" (http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/ 
> interviews/wolfe46interview.htm)
> 
> There's the following quotation in it too:
> 
> "The fact that you stand there and let someone hit you in the face  
> doesn't do anything to eliminate violence (it may even contribute to  
> further violence) —which is one of the underlying themes in The Book  
> of the New Sun."
> 
> That seems a very explicit repudiation of one of the more memorable  
> passages in a book that's generally considered to be a pretty huge  
> influence on Wolfe's work generally and BotNS in particular.

Do you mean the Bible? Particularly, "turn the other cheek"?