----- Original Message ----- From: "Marianne Macdonald"
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marianne.macdonald@lineone.net>
> What we are talking about in ancient Greece was
something like a
> buddy system. The older man trained and defended the
younger man in
> battle, educated him, encouraged him - had a kind of
paternal role.
> No doubt if some enemy murdered the younger one he
would go to the
> wall avenging him, and hang the Maltese falcon, the
femme fatale, and
> everything else.
Speaking of police procedurals. What you describe isn't a
million miles removed from Hollywood's depiction of the US
police force.
Al
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