VICE-PRESIDENT VICKI’S GUIDELINES · FOR THE
MAWRITES
What equality is all aboutThe transcendent pleasure of hatred
Chapter 31
lAnd don’t forget that if you want, you can find a cause,
2And become obsessed by it,
3And use it to keep from thinking about anything at all in your private life,
4Because as many of you already know,
5aA woman with a cause can be the most ruthless, inflexible, unthinking juggernaut to be found on the face of the planet,
6Which is what the Way of Harry is all about,
7Because when you have identified the opposition,
8And the orthodoxy,
9There is nothing left to think about,
10As long as the orthodoxy would fit comfortably on a bbumper sticker.
11Indeed, having the right sort of cause is a kind of cparadise on earth.
12And it can compensate you for almost everything,
13Including an unfaithful husband,
14And bitter, sullen children,
15And aborted career plans,
16And even a severe shortage of dthings,
17Although ethings are always nice to have, of course.
18And if you have a cause,
19fIt doesn’t matter at all that it won’t really help save the planet,
20gAnd it doesn’t even matter if you identify the wrong targets for blame,
21Even if they’re other women.
22hAll that matters is that you can enjoy the transcendent pleasure of hatred,
23And don’t have to think about all the other things that are wrong with your life,
24Whatever they are,
25And no matter whose fault they might seem to be,
26If one of them were being “objective” about it.
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