Fenn, always angry, tells his mother that he will neither demonstrate in the passages nor throw rocks. She agrees that he is:
"'...too intelligent for that.'" (p. 87)
(Because they live inside Luna, they have passages instead of streets.)
Slow down there, folks. Too intelligent to throw rocks? Good. Too intelligent to demonstrate? I know a lot of very intelligent people who demonstrate.
That juxtaposition of demonstrating and throwing rocks is unfortunate. In a Frederik Forsyth novel (title and and context forgotten), a young man's attendance at a demonstration is interpreted as a lapse in his intelligence. Fortunately, we do not have to agree with an author to enjoy his novels!
Read The Day Of The Jackal.
This is probably sign-off for this evening. Shortly, we will watch TV news to find out what is happening on Earth Real right now. How long before the nukes fly? Which future are we heading into? Further into the Chaos?
Good night.
4 comments:
Demostrations generally don't affect governments much -- unless they decide to slaughter the demonstrators, as the Iranian government did a few months ago.
It gives the illusion of doing something, which is why it's popular.
For a contrary position see this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3.5%25_rule
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
Exactly, which is why I'm disdainful about most demonstrations. For others, like the hideous demonstrations praising the atrocities of Hamas on 10/7/23, I have only the utmost scorn and loathing!
Ad astra! Sean
The world would be an even worse place than it it is there were not persistent protests against the genocide in Gaza.
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