grgr: nazi occultism

Paul Mackin pmackin at clark.net
Tue May 9 07:38:05 CDT 2000



On Mon, 8 May 2000 Muchasmasgracias at cs.com wrote:

> pmackin at clark.net writes:
> 
>  Howevvvvvver aren't you running a terrible risk of inciting the wrath of
>  practitioners among us of "French" lit crit by implying the novel has
>  "a" point???
> 
> What's so terrible about that?  Sounds like fun.  (Heated discussions in 
> which nobody knows what the question is because they are endlessly 
> questioning what it is to 'know' or to 'question'--what could be better?)
> 
> And of course, as every happy kid with dirty hands knows, THE point of any 
> novel is the part which is best for poking others...  But what are the 
> "Others," you ask?  YOU are, to me.  [poke, poke]


Plus I just needed a little nationalities joke to go along with German
sadism.

			P.




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