NP - Stem Cell Fumble

[barbara100 at jps.net]

>It will not go away, no matter how morally
> upright your futile position may be.  Fantasy King Richard's Faire-types
> still yearn for those days of fairies and dragons.

I don't really know who Luddite was, or for that matter King Richard,  but I
sensed it before, and I sense it again now--you're "giving up" on things.
Giving up control and giving up responsibility.  Your attitude reminds me of
the attitude that leads people not to vote or recycle or save energy or be
nice because, Aw, fuck, the world's gone to hell in a handbasket anyway, so
what difference does it make!
I could be entirely wrong about you, but I know that attitude's out there,
and I was just pointing it out that day arguing with you because Pynchon
pointed it out to me the day before in Pokler.








----- Original Message -----
From: David Morris <fqmorris at hotmail.com>
To: <barbara100 at mail.jps.net>; <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 7:28 PM
Subject: RE: Re: NP - Stem Cell Fumble


>
> Sorry for the delayed response.  Been on the coast of Maine, escaping
August
> in New Orleans.
>
> But I must say your argument is obvious and Luddist, which might (or not)
be
> OK.  The only responsible Luddist position is that of Man's mediation and
> negotiation with the Machine.  It will not go away, no matter how morally
> upright your futile position may be.  Fantasy King Richard's Faire-types
> still yearn for those days of fairies and dragons.
>
> The Knowledge of Good and Evil was unleashed long ago.  Now we must deal
> with it.  WE ARE THEY, and neither of us will go away.
>
> David Morris
>
> >From: "barbara100 at mail.jps.net" No. I don't buy that worm business.  We
> >make our good and evil decisions all along the way, whether cans be open
or
> >not.  There's always a can of worms open somewhere. How many chances did
> >Pokler have to escape Germany in GR?  His wife escaped, didn't she?  And
> >remember They gave him that unrestricted leave with his daughter, and he
> >thought about running, but didn't? He went back because he felt too
> >powerless against Them, and because he wouldn't recognize the part he
> >played in the scheme of things; it was too painful for him to see how his
> >individual choices were creating the outcomes they did. Pokler played a
> >part in that evil just like we all play our parts.  You sound like Pokler
> >with your wormy, "oh, we're defenseless against Them talk."  We *are*
Them.
> >All of us, with our individual choices along the way.
> >-----------------
> >From: David Morris fqmorris at hotmail.com
> >
> >But my point was that the can of worms is open already.
>
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