flynt and his filthy dirty magazine

[Henry M]

Unless I have wandered through some mail-list warp into an 
alternative reality freshmanic (vs sophomoric) pynchon list, what is 
a shallow, bullshit (oooh, I said a bad word, I'm such an excited big 
boy now, look at me, I got a boner) confession like  your message 
doing on the list?

The fact that there is such a thing as erotic art doesn't mitigate 
mean spirited people or creations. Sometime dirt is just dirt. 

By not buying or borrowing/renting commercial communications that 
treat people as grotesque, contemptible, snuffable objects, 
replaceable cogs in Their machine, I apply a "this is demeaning" 
filter. I just now turned off the tv, where there was a comedian (and 
an audience) who seemed to think that "butt-naked" is a very funny 
phrase. Seemed like a stupid routine to me, so I applied the "this is 
stupid" filter. So I guess what I object to in works that I consider 
to be pornography (as opposed to erotic art) is that they are stupid 
&/or demeaning/harmful. 

Guess this makes me a fascist bourgeois "old fart." Oh, well.

On 24 Jan 97 at 23:07, Mittelwerk at aol.com wrote:

> what is this harper valley PTA bullshit doing in a pynchon forum?
> 
> I recall reading some absolutely beautiful passages in GR involving
> Katje's shitting down the throat of that old fart (i forgot his
> name) and completely arousing sexual interlude on the Anubis between
> Sloth and (perhaps 12 year-old) Bianca.  I like them.  They made me
> horny and intelligent.  
> 
> I probably wouldn't buy porno now, but I distinctly recall liking it
> when I found it flutterin down an alleyway, in my gilded youth.  I
> remember liking the word 'cunt' the first time I heard it, though it
> scared me shitless.  In fact, hearing words like that when one is
> young produce a kind of sexual thrill that I would bet most people
> (viz., most of you) are never able to do justice to in their adult
> lives.  think about it.  or just wank it, or diddle it, or whatever
> . . . 
> 

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Moderation in moderation. -- Husky Mariner

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