Absences in VL

[David Casseres]

Sebastian sez

[I wrote]
>>think for a minute that
>>he's trying to debunk the anti-war effort, like certain ex-lefties from
>>that time who now make more money than Pynchon by telling the world How
>>Wrong We All Were.
>
>A word of clarification.  I caertainly did not mean to suggest that
>Pynchon engaged in the kind of repudiation of the antiwar movement (or
>any of the other major political upheavals of the period--notable the
>civil rights movement) a la the likes of Podhoretz, Glazer, and Kramer
>(nor did I mean to suggest in any way that my own inconsequential opinion
>was thus).  The gap, if gap there is, between David and I is quite slim
>indeed.  I think the de-romanticization going on is a demystification of
>the Era and not an aspersion on those who earnestly sought--and arguably
>procured--an earlier end to senseless military intervention.

Exactly so.  I realized after I posted the above that it sounded more
contentious than I meant it to be -- and fer sure I didt'n think that you
thought that Pynchon was doing the Podhoretch.

Cheers,
David