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Old 09-15-2011, 08:38 AM
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A nice story. Post your favorites.

Blood Meridian - The Judge on War ("War is God") - Cormac McCarthy - YouTube

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"You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you."

"Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravity."

--Leon Trotsky
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Bonus points if you have read the novel. What exactly does the Judge represent? Good, Evil, God, Mamon, the human collective?

Possibly the most complex fictional character of all time. This is beyond Faulkner and Melville.

I have my own ideas, but I invite you to to spell it out first.
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