Human Canoe

[Fakhereddine Berrada]

Dearest Ingrid,  I  didn't  join the list to be insulted. I will not 
retort  in the same language or tone. I hope I don't sound patronizing, 
but I  feel sorry and ashamed for you. You may not "give a fuck", but I 
still don't think your joke was funny. ps: I received messages which 
disagreed with my (mis)understanding of it, but none was so personal and 
sensitive about it as you were. Get help. Love, Fakhereddine.
 On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Ingrid Chesnick wrote:

> Like I give a Fuck about what you think! Your problem is you didn't think of
> it first you loser! Grow UP and get a life.. it is a joke you asshole.. I
> happen to think that it is very funny! Learn to keep you opinions to your
> self.  And what is with the name?   
> 
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> : From: Fakhereddine Berrada <fberrada at csd.uwm.edu>
> : To: Andrew S. Chesnick <chestnic at mail.cvn.net>
> : Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
> : Subject: Re: Human Canoe
> : Date: Thursday, April 10, 1997 3:58 PM
> : 
> : I personally don't think your "joke" is funny. I don't need to quote
> : Fanon, Freud, or E. Said to make the point that racist stereotypes are
> : constructed through "innocent" jokes and the like. I'll just refer you to
> : V and GR. Try to read the signs on the back of the Bondel behind whom
> : Mondaugen is riding, or even more specifically try to locate these words
> : and/or phrases in GR: Marvy's "niggers", Frans' "unfaithful" and "the
> : Beast," Pudding's "brute African", Old Tehitcherine's "sultry native
> : wench", Weissmann's African "monster", Sir Marcus' "black animals", the
> : "Komical Kamikazes", the "nonsensical Nips", the "Juicy Japs", the "Yellow
> : Peril", etc. all of them ethnic and cultural stereotypess that GR 
> : undermines beautifully and quite unambiguously. I am not reacting simply 
> : because I happen to be a native of "that Darkest Continent", but because 
> : I have love and respect for the spirit of TRP's work, and your joke 
> : sounded -at least to me- totally out of place.
> : 
> : fakhereddine berrada On Tue, 8 Apr 1997, Andrew S. Chesnick wrote:
> : 
> : > A Frenchman, an Englishman and a New Yorker were captured by cannibals.
> :  "So much for your canoe you stupid &%#%#*@!"
> 
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