RE: paedophilia?
John Touzios (JTouzios@mwumail.midwestern.edu)
Tue, 30 Mar 1999 09:53:36 -0600
indeed there is the fibrillation of heart muscles in response to say, esme's
crossed ankles in salinger's story. children fall in love and feel heartache
just as strongly as the grown-ups. but, i don't want to create this image of
a levelness existing between the children and the grown-ups. i don't think a
'grown-up', in the way salinger might use the word, would fill a tea room with
boredom the way esme did. nor perhaps fight so hard as the little brother to
replace the boredom with noble light-heartedness.
"Man the most complex, intricate and delicately constructed
machine of all creation, is the one with which the osteopath
must become familiar." A.T. Still
"Everyone seems to know how useful it is to be useful.
No one seems to know how useful it is to be useless."
Chuang Tzu