I think it's common knowledge that heroin addiction degrades a person's life -- and simplifies it, too, as the pursuit of that pleasure trumps all other motivations.
But could the same really be said for any other kind of "junk" ? Does collecting Thomas Kinkade (or pick something else) really degrade and simplify the collector's life? Has anyone here ever read a novel where characters are degraded and simplified by the "junk" with which they become associated? Should the person who sells junky art really be considered a villain ? (a sensitive topic for me --since my shop sells lots of music -- gangsta rap, death metal, urban cowboy, Celine Dion -- that I would consider trash. That doesn't bother me -- but I would be ashamed if that were the only kind of thing I tried to sell) If Burroughs really meant "junk" to be anything other than heroin, I would disagree --but whatever he meant, I would still disagree with the blame he places on the merchant. Merchants don't degrade and simplify customers -- customers do that to themselves. ____________________________________________________________ Click for VA loan resources and rate quotes. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/PnY6rc1lIIg8ikAUEJLF6ArDBKMRv8 yhx3f2nxp1XMozf5sVbo42g/
