Mario wrote:
Yes, let's get back to crime fiction and leave topics like
the death penalty to other forums or to private discussions.
This is a specialized list and its declared and only purpose
is to discuss hardboiled and noir literature.
*************** The moral implication of killing is integral
to the hardboiled genre. Declaring it off-limits is parallel
to ruling out the topic of slavery in Huckleberry Finn,
imperialism in Heart of Darkness, or Christianity in The
Power and the Glory. Religious and political issues are
common in literature. Denying a discussion of these issues is
like lobotomized peace that the protagonist enjoys at the end
of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Literature raises these questions. They should be open to
discussion.
miker
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