happy(was Re: the context of Pynchon's MDMA saying)

[David Morris]

>From: Cjhurtt6
>
>fqmorris at hotmail:
>
><< Artificial because the vehcle is a drug (as opposed to spotaneously
>getting
>  high off life)? [snip]   >>

>as for artificial vs. real happiness...can't argue that without going in
>circles. it's a matter of opinion. and for the record i have been and am 
>not
>opposed to being artificially happy. i think it's an important experience
>actually.

That's it, really: an experience, an experiment, not a contiuous state.

>but, there is a difference between "this pill i took made me happy" and "i 
>am
>happy because the chemicals in my brain did this and that all on their own
>without any help"
>because some of the text in gr you would think pynchon may be suspicious of 
>a
>man made happy pill.

Yep, (SPOILER) remember Wimpe's possible conversation w/ Tchitcherine?  That 
American Ten Year Plan?  The search "to find something that can kill intense 
pain without causing addiction" AKA "trafficking in pain."  Just what the 
"rational economy" doctor ordered.

David Morris

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