After years of looking for my original copy of John Gray's Mill on Liberty: A Defence, I broke down and bought a new copy. It arrived several months ago, but I only just today had the occasion to take a look at it. I find the cover -- an illustration by one Mark Hudson--really odd.Is that a castle being built around Mill's gigantic head and torso? Or is that a miniature Mill (drawn for some reason as a Picasso-ish figure) building a castle around the sovereign individual? And why does the structure stop at the shoulders? In any case, the structure being built seems exceedingly constraining. A strange image for a book that aims to defend Mill's views.
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Don't you see? It's a total set-up. The reader's captivated by the image on the cover, only to experience pure, unadulterated liberation through reading Mill's thoughts on liberty. And I write that as someone who can't stand Mill.
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A river runs through it.
The key is the moon in the upper right corner. Whatever is going on, it's happening at night...
Why is it that Mill looks like he's passing a kidney stone in every portrait? What a dour motherfucker. Maybe it would be better to be a pig satisfied ...
Is Mill naked?
Isn't it obvious to any Red-Stater?
He's the Yellow Rose of Taxes.
wc: lasult, as in being insulted by hollywood.
Is that Bentham on the wall, constructing the panopticon?
Clearly it's a defense tower. The rest is self-explanatory once you realize that Mill can breathe fire.
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