NP - Fighting the Forces of Invisibility

[Henry Mu]

I must admit that I, also, love a good scrap; however, I (NOT as opposed
to you) do prefer peace.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On
Behalf Of David Morris
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 5:49 PM
To: thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de; scuffling at hotmail.com
Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: NP - Fighting the Forces of Invisibility


I do get a little hot sometimes, and like many of (US) Irish descent, I
enjoy a good fight now and then.  What really got me was the recent
on-list
argument that practical US M.E. policy has been at least as (actually
more)
evil than what was displayed by the WTC attack.  That crossed over into
the
"you deserved it" camp.

Being the only remaining superpower (it really is strange to think of
one's
country as such) puts the US in a very difficult position, but those
that
criticize with such zeal should honestly answer whether it would have
been
better for the world had the US walked way from the cold war, because
essentially we ARE experiencing "blowback" from that war.  And by this
question I seek only a balance in weighing US guilt in what were (and
are)
numerous real sins.

>From: Thomas Eckhardt
>
>Henry Mu wrote:
>>I'm surprised that Dave brought this even-handed piece to our
attention.
>>Thanks, Dave.
>
>I'm surprised, too. I had begun to suspect that Dave had fallen victim
to
>some sort of body-snatcher.

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