(urth) The Politics Of Gene Wolfe

[David Stockhoff]

I thought they were killed by Yesodis with energy blasters.

Dave Lebling wrote:
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>     As the saying goes, "Gods don't kill people;
>     religious fanatics kill people."
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>
> The inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah beg to differ.
>
> -- Dave
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> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com 
> <mailto:danldo at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Jack Smith
>     <jack.smith.1946 at gmail.com <mailto:jack.smith.1946 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     > 4.  Guns frequently appear in Wolfe's contemporary American
>     settings, like
>     > Castleview and Free Live Free.
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>     ...not to mention very prominently in _The Sorcerer's House_.
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>     > 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.
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>     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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