The Best Introduction To The Mountains

Thomas Bitterman · 03 Jan 2002, 20:00 · from urth-v0031.mbox · original

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From: Thomas Bitterman <tom at bitterman.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) Re: The Best Introduction To The Mountains
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 15:00:23 -0500
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Andy Robertson wrote:

>The political message is not the whole of these stories, but it is
>unmistakable:  the government is more dangerous than any tyrant, because it
>acts under a fiction of the greater good.
>
>Surely this is obvious?
>
>
>    Andy R
>
Which is obvious?:
a) the government is more dangerous than any tyrant?
b) that this is what Wolfe thinks?

If we stick with b), it might be interesting to note that (afaik) Wolfe=20
has not written a story
in which the government is a theocracy.  It's easier to criticize from=20
the outside.  It might also
bring up some embarrasing situations for the RCC, Wolfe's church of=20
choice and possibly the
most bureaucratic institution on the planet.

Tom

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