From: Scribe1865-AT-aol.com Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 12:32:15 EST Subject: Re: wise cracks and gender stereotypes In a message dated 11/5/2003 6:08:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, R.Chandler-AT-ucc.ac.uk writes: > are these your little truths made > into general platitudes? .... > if your taste is for 'whippet wise cracks' then so it 'is'. there are > one or two more interesting noisy dogs in Z though? > Backtrack my whippet wisecrack and you'll see another poster's Sadean punchline precedes it. (-Why do you hang around with that Sadist? -Dunno, beats me.) Also not my little truths or general platitudes but points of discussion -- isn't cruelty a special province of the weak, a way for the weak (whoever they are) to compensate for being less powerful? Indeed, Z has his share of canine moments -- firedogs, dead dogs, wild dogs whining from cellars, dogs transforming into other creatures, and dogs who envy and hate the wolf. At one point, I believe, N compares the wind to a dog. Eric NYC --- StripMime Warning -- MIME attachments removed --- This message may have contained attachments which were removed. Sorry, we do not allow attachments on this list. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- --- from list nietzsche-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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