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

[Cjhurtt6 at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/13/99 10:33:46 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
fqmorris at hotmail.com writes:

<< Artificial because the vehcle is a drug (as opposed to spotaneously 
getting 
 high off life)?  But really good 'shrooms don't leave on feeling bad in 
 their aftermath...  As for the after-X feeling, from my vey limted 
 experience, I think it's more of a "drained" feeling, fatigue, not 
 depression.
  >>
although it is possible to feel crappy while on 'shooms. 
i have no personal experience with x myself so i only have what other folk 
say to go off of and i've heard quite a bit about post x depression from 
these people.
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.
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. but then again that is just wild conjecture on my part 
and i don't want to start another useless flame war.