[SPAM] A very interesting interview indeed

Jeff Wilson · 08 Sep 2006, 05:23 · from 2006-September.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 00:23:47 -0500
Subject: (urth) [SPAM]  A very interesting interview indeed
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Adam Thornton wrote:

> I was reading the recently-posted Larry McCaffery interview, in which  
> the mystery of 5HC is "given away" (http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/ 
> interviews/wolfe46interview.htm)
> 
> There's the following quotation in it too:
> 
> "The fact that you stand there and let someone hit you in the face  
> doesn't do anything to eliminate violence (it may even contribute to  
> further violence) ?which is one of the underlying themes in The Book  
> of the New Sun."
> 
> That seems a very explicit repudiation of one of the more memorable  
> passages in a book that's generally considered to be a pretty huge  
> influence on Wolfe's work generally and BotNS in particular.

Do you mean the Bible? Particularly, "turn the other cheek"?

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