>On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Claire Bickell wrote:
>
>> Andrea Leistra wrote:
>
>> > 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.
>
>I don't necessarily see 'icky' and 'evil' as the same thing. The stuff
>in the back of my fridge is icky, but not evil (it hasn't been there
>*quite* long enough to evolve sentience).
There's a paella in the back of *my* fridge that you need to examine...
Brad DeLong
GCU How Did "Fridge" Evolve a "d" When "Refrigerator" Lacks One?
