Is it OK to be a Luddite?

[Doug Millison]

Go figure.  If we're going to talk about whether an essay of P's is "cranky"
or not, I would have thought that getting a definition of "cranky" clear up
front would be useful, didn't realize the dictionary was such a threat...


-----Original Message-----
From: calbert at tiac.net [mailto:calbert at tiac.net]
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 12:58 PM
To: Doug Millison
Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: RE: Is it OK to be a Luddite?


Doug:
> OK. What is it about the  Is it OK to be a Luddite? essay that you
> find cranky and why? That's not an adjective I'd use to describe it
> but obviously you have so I'm inquiring about this aspect of your
> characterization of the essay.

Wouldn't this have been a better approach to your query than listing 
the def. of "cranky"?

....and can't we find a better way to employ the list contrarian than 
this? Being that he is not only sincere, articulate and well versed - 
can't we treat MalignD as the resource he truly is? Perhaps "use" 
him to test our assumptions about P and his place in the canon.....


love,
cfa

btw, did I miss anything since Murthy maliciously purged me from 
the ranks last friday morning? There is something about that guy's 
beady look that disturbs me.......