A Note To P-Listers

[Cjhurtt6 at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/30/00 8:45:57 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
dedalus204 at mediaone.net writes:

<<To see Julian's
original posting "Resonances with Joseph Furphy"  attacked as "an
attempt to string together as many big words as possible," or the
subsequent sophomoric references to Ian Anderson's band, defeat the
spirit of an internet community that should instead embrace a fellow
Pynchonite --- especially one as youthful as JN>>

community? i see it more like a message board. plus there is the irony of 
forming a "community" around a remorseless recluse. oh yeah and WE did not 
welcome or attack anyone. a FEW people exhibited this behavior just because 
we communicate with each other does not make us a commune or a hive mind.