for the List [was neo-Nazis on the Net]

[David Dasinger]

Vaska wrote:



> If you have any more questions or comments on this topic, please post
> them
> on the list becuase the issue is not a private matter at all and it
> might
> have some relevance there in the context of Pynchon's own
> long-standing
> anxieties over things [neo-]Nazi.  
> Vaska

First, the obligatory "I really do despise neo nazi's, but..."
statement, and then...

 The free speech argument has been done to death by writers
with far more skill than I, but if you'll take a look at usenet,
you'll find things that trouble me more than alt.rec.music.whitepower.
I'm not saying that the presence of an alt.binaries.erotica.children
justifies tolerating a neo nazi group, but I refuse to give you or
grant myself the authority to exclude those groups that represent
unpopular or even dangerous views.

Besides, I believe censorship and suppression empower groups like
this. It's easier to raise money and attract the marginalized
when your under fire. Otherwise, you're just another loudmouthed
jerk with a bad haircut.
Cool boots, though.

Now who was it that said "It's easy for you american's to think
like that, your country is so big"?
DD