Nothing strange here

[Richard Romeo]

Nope, I haven't, Mr. N.  What got me was the way the media portrays such 
violence--i.e., it's sugar-coated for the folks waiting for wheel of 
fortune.

Rich


>From: "Robert Norton" <rnorton at unm.edu>
>Reply-To: rnorton at unm.edu
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Nothing strange here
>Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 08:36:30 -0600
>
>Sounds just like my unit in Nam. I gather you've never done a hitch in the
>military.
>
>richardromeo at hotmail.com wrote:
> >
> >Happened to come across a fascinating documentary about Chechnya on one 
>of
>
> >those weird free channels (me no cable) like Channel 77--actually 
>WNYE-TV.
>
> >Anyway, the doc followed the travails of avg. soldiers, most of whom are
> >drunks, trying to get away from family or criminal charges, etc. 
>fighting,
>
> >horsing around, killing dogs, firing mortars at each other, drunk and
>bored,
> >complaining, caring for wounded, shooting up a street so the news people
> >would have footage for the folks at home, etc. The word absurd was used
>many
> >times. An intersting look at the modern wars being fought nowadays.
>
>

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