> > After reading _The Wasp Factory_, _Use of Weapons_ seems very tame indeed.
>
>You think? Wasp Factory is icky, but it's really about fucked up
>individuals, with less implication for the broader society. But Use of
>Weapons, is a story of a person capable of great evil being used by a
>society capable of great evil. Icky on a grander scale. And, for me,
>ultimately more disturbing.
But it's for the greater good! If the Culture doesn't *use* its
weapons, the bad guys will win and the universe will be ruled by
creatures like the partially- sublimed wossnames from _Look to
Windward_ who carry the principle of "an eye for an eye" a bit too
far! If using your weapons uses them up, that's too bad. But you
can't make an omelette without breaking eggs!
>
>That's because Horza's a git.
>Claire Bickell
You've said that before...
Brad DeLong
GCU Deja Vu Again
