pynchon-l-digest V2 #1794

[Mike Weaver]

Terance:

>How about Mason's Father, the Baker? He's practical and
>pragmatic man, a bit too religious for your taste I'm sure,
>but he does raise the children when his son goes off to
>America. And P affirms that particular experience. How about
>Fina in V., she is a very practical and pragmatic women, she
>takes Benny in and helps him get a job. Again, like Mason,
>Benny isn't able to deal with the practical and pragmatic
>"mundane" life of family, but Pynchon, and in his Slow
>Learner Introduction or see the Essay posted by Otto,
>affirms the pragmatic and practical acts of Fina. How about
>Tantivy? How about when Pig Bodine saves Roony's life. How
>about Geli? How about DL? I can give tons of support for
>this, but pick one of these and we can debate my point.

All laudable acts of humanity at an individual level,but collective 
political action is what we are discussing, which is a different level to 
individual actions.
Try again please.