Advocations (was Re: Mondaugen's law)

calbert at tiac.net calbert at tiac.net
Wed Jan 26 16:17:29 CST 2000


> >> 
> >> Freedom is good

Freedom is a necessary illusion.

> >> Hurting people (without their consent) is bad

"Hurt" and "bad" truly are relative.

> >> Knowledge is good

Knowledge is just another religion.
When it contributes to awareness, you've got Blicero.

> >> Fun is good

Fun is the ONLY meaningful "currency".

> >> Keeping cool is practical

Keeping cool is essential.


> >> Caring is good

Care, and its cousins, sympathy and earnestness are acts of self 
indulgence.

> >OK, so he advocates these common denominators, so what. I
> >think Jerry Springer advocates these common denominators
> >too, isn't there a difference?

Springer elicits and panders, P "merely" illustrates.

love,
cfa



More information about the Pynchon-l mailing list