pynchon-l-digest V2 #2250

[Paul Mackin]

Doug Millison wrote:

> Mackin:
> >Like I really want to help Lynn Cheney.
>
> By identifying critics of the war with the enemy, and by marginalizing and
> ridiculing legitimate questions raised about the war, you are helping
> Cheney and her ilk.

I don't identify anyone with the enemy except the enemy itself--that is the
terrorists and those who help and harbor them. This is quite an exclusive
group and is not synonymous with militant Muslims, anti-Americans, online
journalists, or silly English lads.

In case you didn't notice YOU are the one who associated me with Cheney.  I
haven't had a kind thought about her in my entire life.  Wouldn't speak for
her but will speak for myself. To me its not a question of whether opinions
about the war are legitimate (it's a free country) but whether they are based
on reality. Ridiculing the distortions you and others in the on-line community
propagate about the present situation doesn't help Cheney. It helps us all.


        P.