whoa nellie!

[andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk]

Diana York Blaine writes:
> Andrew (who frequently attacks many of us on this list for being
> middle-class--sorry dude I am most definitely from the suburbs of Los
> Angeles  and not sitting on a throne over there in the Holy Land of Anglia
> like you apparently are...) annouces that all cultures lead to death and
> destruction.  Well that's a pretty gloss over what should be a carefully
> contextualized history of European imperialism and American know-how
> leading us straight to the bomb.  Don't blame all other cultures in your
> humanist rush to define the nature of homo-sapiens--plenty of peoples have
> inhabited this planet without propagating mythologies of domination and
> destruction and calling that progress.  Yes, we are wiping their asses
> off the map (as usual) but they do exist. You must know this but on some
> level I fear you do not. Just as I fear your need to dismiss The Crying of
> Lot 49 relates to the fact that identifying with the protagonist
> necessitates pretending to be a girlie for awhile.  Oooh yuck,
> can't swing that way!  Not when all that's noble and strong and true has a
> dick (and a rocket) in its pants.

So, where do I begin to correct the misrepresentations in this
diatribe. I cannot recall ever claiming to be anything other than
middle-class and I don't recall expressing any great hopes for wookin'
foak either - I thnk you should ask George orwell about that one.

A-and I didn't announce that `all cultures lead to death and
destruction' I reported Pynchon as having announced it - you do recall
that line about `our mission to promote death' on or around page 720
of GR, don't you, Diana. Right slap bang in the heart of the most
carefully contextualized history of European imperialism and American
know-how I have ever read - don't know about you. Which only goes to
confirm that a simple gloss (as presented in my note and as Pynchon
presents on or around page 720) should never be taken as anything more
than a simple gloss - not that you and I would presume otherwise, eh
Diana.

As for your shameless and risible attempt to smear sexism over my
sexuality like so much dog shit I'll restrict myself to noting that
you have no idea what I like to pretend to be (even if only for a
while), you don't know which way I like to swing and you clearly are
not acquainted with the sort of nobility, strength and truth I prefer
to find in other people's hearts, never mind what I look for in their
pants. Sorry, girlie, but your `fear' for my needs is misdirected by
about 90 degrees.


Andrew Dinn
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To the stilled Earth say:  I flow.
To the rushing water speak:  I am.