They?

[gravity@nicom.com]

Perhaps a little facile, but They are not Me. Particularly if I am 
paranoid. Check out P. Bowles short story "You are not I".

Confession:
One of the first things that attracted me to TRP, particularly GR, 
was the Paranoia. As a former genuine paranoid adolescent, it seemed 
to me that here was an author who had been there.

Whadya think?

On 30 Jul 96 at 5:26, Paul Mackin wrote:

> Date:          Tue, 30 Jul 1996 05:26:03 -0400 (EDT)
> From:          Paul Mackin <mackin at allware.com>
> To:            pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject:       Re: Saved?

> 
> On Tue, 30 Jul 1996, Hartwin Alfred Gebhardt wrote:
> 
> > who EXACTLY are They? (emphasis added) 
> 
> Have an awful feeling I'm missing the context, but here's an 
> an off-the-top-of-the-header. 
> 
> "They" are whatever reminds "Us" we are about to die.  
> 
> Kind of existential.
> 
> But, seriously, one wouldn't want to attach names and addresses,
> would one?
> 
> "They" is not a synonym for "power elite", is it?
> (remember that C. Wright Mills--haven't seen him around lately)
> 
> On some wonderful days, it seems like there isn't any "They"
> 
> Only "Us".
> 
> On a really bad day there is only "me".
> 
> 				P.
> 
> 
>