(urth) Gene Wolfe's Politics

Jordon Flato jordonflato at gmail.com
Thu Mar 26 12:07:43 PDT 2009


Yeah, I seem to remember Silk not having much of a problem, and in fact
being pretty anxious, to collect on those taxes, rather than removing any.

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Chris P <rasputin_ at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  A rather overly narrow interpretation of what constitutes a "burden",
> however.
>
> -- "When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is
> about to set." -- Lin Yutang
>
>
>
> > Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:22:05 -0400
> > From: brunians at brunians.org
> > To: jsmith2627 at att.net; urth at lists.urth.net
> > CC: urth at urth.net
> > Subject: Re: (urth) Gene Wolfe's Politics
>
> >
> > Cut two taxes when you lay one sounds like an excellent rule.
> >
> >
> > .
> >
> > > Rereading "On Blue's Waters," I came upon some of Horn's reflections on
> > > being a ruler: "My advisors, who are all good, well-intentioned men,
> are
> > > forever suggesting that I get down to business, although they never
> phrase
> > > it quite so baldly. If action must be taken, they want it taken now,
> > > immediately...Immediate action is the soul of war, as I learned many
> years
> > > ago by observing General Mint. It is not the soul of peace...When a new
> > > burden must be laid upon the people, we should remove two, and look
> very
> > > carefully, first, at those we have chosen to remove. Those who sail
> fast
> > > do not sail for long, while what is written with great rapidity is
> rarely
> > > read--or worth reading." (OBW, Chap. 7)
> > >
> > > Horn expresses--I think--Gene Wolfe's view, a view of true
> conservatism.
> > > Our present society is certainly not perfect, but change should be slow
> > > and careful, lest we create something worse.
> > >
> > >
> > > Best wishes,
> > >
> > > Jack
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