The RADIANT ENERGIES of Mickey Spillane!

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, David Brandt

<david.brandt@g...> wrote:

> On 4/15/05, docspeed2001 <docspeed2001> wrote:

> >

> > ,

> > <herbguy@s...>

> > wrote:

> >

> > > > Now the big question is, am I a manipulator, am I a coach,

am I a

> > > > teachers, am I an asshole...

> >

> > > I think you are an asshole, manipulating coach that teaches,

things

> > that people sometimes do not want to learn YET

> >

> > > Dave

> >

> > I love it!

> >

> > Now, let's Mickey Spillane it a bit...

> >

> > I think I'll use that testimonial on my next advertising copy.

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

> Spillane, huh? How about this classic bit from " The Body Lovers " :

>

> He stood with his back angled to the wall. To an

indifferent

> observer he was simply in idle conversation, but it wasn't like

that

> at all. This was an instinctive gesture of survival, being in

constant

> readiness for an attack. His head didn't turn and his eyes didn't

seem

> to move, but I knew he saw us. I could feel the hackles on the

back of

> my neck stiffening and I knew he felt the same way.

> Dog was meeting dog. Nobody knew it but the dogs and they

> weren't telling.

> He was bigger than I thought. The suggestion of power I

had

> seen in his photographs was for real. When he moved it was with the

> ponderous grace of some jungle animal, dangerously deceptive,

because

> he could move a lot faster if he had to.

> When we were ten feet away he pretended to see us for the

> first time and a wave of charm washed the cautious expression from

his

> face and he stepped out to greet Dulcie with outstretched hand.

> But it wasn't her he was seeing. It was me he was

watching.

> I was one of his own kind. I couldn't be faked out and wasn't

leashed

> by the proprieties of society. I could lash out and kill as fast

as he

> could and of all the people in the room, I was the potential

threat. I

> knew what he felt because I felt the same way myself.

>

>

> (Lots of great Spillane excerpts at

http://www.interlog.com/~roco/excerpts.html)

 

I read farther down on that site.

 

This struck my interest.

 

" What reason do you have to give to get the license? " " You don't

have to have a reason. I had military training so that helps. You

have to show proficiency. " " You mean they have to be sure you can

kill someone? " " Sure. "

 

But there was a twist in the story: if he was going to shoot someone

in this state it would probably be a cop. " This is a strange state.

Recently we have had very corrupt police. The strange thing is if a

cop draws on you and you outdraw him and kill him you are in the

clear. He is not supposed to pull a gun on you. So when you register

for a concealed weapon they all know you are carrying a gun and they

say: 'That guy could kill me'. So they leave you alone. "

 

" So the point is to frighten the cops? "

 

" You better believe it... But be careful writing that: I mean the

bad cops. "

 

What do you think group?