Somewhat NP Argentinians bound for Germany

[Paul Mackin]

On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, Doug Millison wrote:

> At 8:23 AM +1000 8/5/00, jbor wrote:
> >some mythical "ratline"

> What is gained 
> by denying this bit of historical reality -- and the possibility that 
> Pynchon alludes to it in GR --  is beyond me, although in the present 
> situation it would seem to fit with a previous denial of Pynchon's 
> very obvious depiction of Nazi crimes in GR. Which would seem a short 
> distance to full-blown Holocaust denial.  

A rather long distance actually. The short distance is to a complete loss 
of proportionality.


> A current trend in 
> Pynchon studies, based on a quick perusal of the latest issue of 
> Pynchon Notes, would instead seem to be a very careful appraisal of 
> the ways that Pynchon uses the Holocaust in GR, and it seems to be 
> broadly accepted that denying or minimizing Nazi crimes is not part 
> of Pynchon's project.

Do you need research to demonstrate Pynchon is not denying the Holocaust?

> I can see how reading Pynchon in ways that tend 
> to exculpate the Nazis might fit the current neo-Nazi project, which 
> always seeks, quite desperately at times, scholarly endorsement and 
> the trappings of academic respectability.

Are these p-list neo-Nazis,  or some other ones?

			P.