Fwd: Re: Chasing ... Cutting

[David Morris]

>From: "J Suete"
>
>Otto says<
>
>"It is obvious that through the following remembrances to Südwest and "the 
>great Herero-Rising" Pynchon is not at all denying the German Holocaust of 
>Auschwitz and Treblinka. There are lot of things he leaves to the reader 
>to…."
>
>Snip
>  The Herero extermination is introduced to TRP's work in V..
SNIP
>But much of what jbor says is right on! He seems to have painted himself 
>into a corner. Others are painter in theirs.

This "Holocaust-denial" rap laid on jbor is revisionist and extremist, which 
is the kind of journalism called yellow.  Would that color be for cowardice? 
  Pissiness (a special kind of "painting" into a corner)?  Or maybe it's the 
color of old trashed newspaper?

Pu-leeze!  "Holocaust-denial" is something no P-lister can be accused of.  
Charging anyone here with that label is akin to calling someone a "Red" 
during the McCarthy-era.  Is GR _about_ the Holocaust?  Only for the truly 
dull.  It is about MUCH MUCH  MORE!  For some that statement will be called 
"Holocaust-denial."

Otto's observations are quite valid, and not all that insightful.  They are 
obvious, though not overt in the text.  We've all noticed TRP's tendency to 
avoid the historically-obvious while constantly alluding to both the obvious 
and the obscure.  They are part of a much LARGER message, which supercedes 
any single historical event.  DUHHH!

Paint This!
David Morris
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