(urth) The Politics Of Gene Wolfe

brunians at brunians.org brunians at brunians.org
Tue Jul 6 14:56:09 PDT 2010


God kills everybody who dies.

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> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Jack Smith <jack.smith.1946 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 4.  Guns frequently appear in Wolfe's contemporary American settings,
>> like
>> Castleview and Free Live Free.
>
> ...not to mention very prominently in _The Sorcerer's House_.
>
>
>> Of course, weapons may just be used for dramatic effect.   However, our
>> author seems to believe that weapons can be used for good as well as
>> evil.
>> No blanket condemnation of lethal force and lethal instruments.
>
> Weapons as such are morally neutral objects. It is their use that is
> morally fraught. As the saying goes, "Gods don't kill people;
> religious fanatics kill people."
>
> --
> Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
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