(urth) Severian as reverse Christ (or something)
JBarach at aol.com
JBarach at aol.com
Thu Nov 20 15:37:30 PST 2008
_cnbrewer at yahoo.com_ (mailto:cnbrewer at yahoo.com) writes:
> Even when he talks about violence and authority before,
> he never says that it's justfiable for people in authority to
> use violence. He only says that people who find
> themselves in positions of authority often find that it's
> necessary. That statement absolutely refuses to reveal
> a moral judgment on whether necessity makes it "okay."
Maybe. But from what he says about John Wayne Gacy, I suspect he means that
it's not only necessary but it's downright good to cause pain and commit
violence. I suspect, though I couldn't prove from this quotation, that Wolfe is
fine with the death penalty in certain cases (e.g., Gacy). But even arrest
and incarcaration, of course, involve the use of force by the agents of the
authority, and could be considered forms of "causing pain" and "violence."
John
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