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Q: When I was reading Dr. Kevorkian, I was reminded a bit of a Japanese film from a couple years ago called "Afterlife."Entrevista completa em: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2002/09/16vonnegut1.html
Vonnegut: I haven't heard of it.
Q: Its premise is that those who have recently died are taken to a waiting room for one week, during which time they must choose only a single memory from their entire lives which will endlessly replay for them, while all of their other memories are erased.
Vonnegut: So everybody's fucking, right?
Q: See, that's the peculiar thing. Maybe in your world or mine, everybody's fucking. But in this movie, some of the memories are much simpler, almost elegant. Many people can't choose a memory at all.
Vonnegut: See, that's a whole different culture. I don't know anything about it.
Q: Any idea what memory you might choose?
Vonnegut: [Long pause] I think it would be the moment where I was doing everything right, where I was beyond criticism. It was back in World War II. It was snowing, but everything was black. The trucks were rolling in. I was surrounded by my buddies. And my rifle was between my knees, my helmet on my head. I was ready for anything. And I was right where I belonged. That would be the moment. It would have to be the moment.
Q: There are not many moments in a man's life like that, I would imagine.
Vonnegut: No. But you know who gets those kinds of moments all the time? A musician. They're doing exactly what they're supposed to do. I look at a symphony orchestra and everybody's doing exactly right. How the fuck do they do that? It's like watching somebody's who's just inherited a big bunch of money. "Well, enjoy yourself.... I'm just gonna fuck off — you know what I'm saying."
“Manassés, Ciro, Nabucodonosor, Faraó, César, Fulaninho da Coves – preciso continuar? Samuel nos alertou sobre eles, então nos deu um.”Em 1 Samuel 8 está o fato referenciado. Tendo recebido dos anciões de Israel a incumbência de indicar um rei secular, Samuel tenta dissuadir o povo da idéia explicando a eles os problemas de um governo desse tipo (1Samuel 8.10-18). É incrível a acuidade profética com que esses desastres são descritos, todos eles estão muito recentes na memória dos despertos desse século - esses que se lembram ainda do início do século anterior. Continuando:
Porém o povo não atendeu à voz de Samuel e disse: Não! Mas teremos um rei sobre nós. Para que sejamos também como todas as nações; o nosso rei poderá governar-nos, sair adiante de nós e fazer as nossas guerras. (1Samuel 8.19-20)O povo rejeita os avisos, como sempre tem rejeitado ao longo do tempo, cioso que é por poder secular.