Official Pynchon List Quote Of The Year 2000

[Paul Mackin]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Monroe" <monroe at mpm.edu>

> The kind of thing that would normally provoke something to the effect of
> "is this guy serious?" from me, except I've no doubt that he is.
> Question then, perhaps, is, "how can he be serious?"  My answer being,
> "'cos he's naive, idealistic, and hopelessly out of touch with teh world
> at large," but ... but I'd expected this one to make a Closing of the
> American Mind-style splash ...

Provokes the same reaction in me. Was I serious?. Can't decide.  Can't even
parse the question. How can one decide  between serious and nonserious?  In
this decidedly undecidable world we live in,

Take it Habermas is not yet ready to give up on such questions.

 Am now properly resubscribed at my new address  paul.mackin at verizon.net

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