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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