Oh, no! War talk on Pynchon-L?

[Paul Mackin]

Will someone please come to Doug's rescue, tell him that his efforts are not
in vain.

        P.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Millison" <millison at online-journalist.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 3:05 PM
Subject: Oh, no! War talk on Pynchon-L?


>
> I think we've found at least one genuine P-list warmonger (the first to
> post a congratulatory message to the P-list when the US started bombing
and
> missile attacks), Terrance, not to mention quite a few others who
> consistently speak up to support the war, minimize evidence of war crimes,
> and otherwise cheerlead for the Bush Administration.
>
> "Morris"
> >[...]
>
> Ignore Pynchon's serious treatment of issues of war, Cold War, complicity
> in war crimes, etc., if you wish, but many Pynchon readers choose to take
> what Pynchon writes seriously. Pynchon's not all funny character names and
> narratological games, after all. He appears to take politics and history
> and especially the War that never ends quite seriously, and certainly it's
> fair game for discussion on Pynchon-L.
>
>
>