(urth) The Politics Of Gene Wolfe

[Dave Lebling]

>
> As the saying goes, "Gods don't kill people;
> religious fanatics kill people."
>

The inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah beg to differ.

-- Dave

On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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