WWPD

[Paul Mackin]

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Morris" <fqmorris at yahoo.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 9:31 AM
Subject: WWPD


> MalignD:
> >I'm afraid I must agree with the Millison here as to TP's political
position,
> at least to the extent in revealed, albeit tangentially, in his later
books.
> >The ironic distance and shifting views of V and GR has since given way to
> simple-minded, stuck-in-the-sixties tree-hugging in Vineland and M&D.
> >It shouldn't surprise me at all if Pynchon thought capitalism an
unmitigated
> evil.  Or wore tie-dye.
>
> I've got to say all this speculation about where our Holy-Ghost-Pynchon
stands
> on these issues reminds me of that ubiquitous "WWJD" (What Would Jesus
Do?)
> acronym.

Yeah, reminds me of something I was told about how public opinion surveys
need to be tailored when conducted in the so called bible belt of our dear
and very diverse America. In short, you don't ask people what THEY think on
the given topic but rather how THE LORD feels about it.

                    P.