Harper Valley PTA Report,

[Andrew Dinn]

Tom Stanton writes:

> Is TRP really that moral & good? Forced by literary devices to 
> select the most depraved acts to make his point? Or, as I suspect, 
> have all of us simply imposed too much of ourselves onto him?

Don't know. Cannot believe that there is no projection going on, but
not a whole world. Anyway, it's rather like the presumption of sexist
guilt or whatever. We can only agree it is there if we unearth it. So,
rather than presume guilt and look no further let's presume nothing
and scour the book for something on which to base a judgement one way
or the other. Your question is susceptible to an empirically grounded
answer so why even contemplate a metaphysically grounded one.

> (Andrew Dinn's taking me to task on the text regarding the subject
> of prejudices was not for nought!)

Cannot for the life of me remember what I took you to task about (or
even some unspecific act of taking). But I hope it related to the
above point, anyway.


Andrew Dinn
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And though Earthliness forget you,
To the stilled Earth say:  I flow.
To the rushing water speak:  I am.