"a long history of impersonation"

[Tim Strzechowski]

In addition to impersonators complaining about anonymous posting, I also
find it fascinating that certain posters (like, say, Morris) litter this
forum with obscenity and insult, slamming people for not making relevant
contributions to literary discourse, when s/h/it rarely if ever does just
that.  "The irony . . . the irony."

By the way, our President said "theirselves," used the phrase "smoke them
out of their caves" three times, and found crop duster threats quite
amusing.  God Bless America.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Millison" <millison at online-journalist.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 6:27 PM
Subject: "a long history of impersonation"


> rj/jbor/rjackson/?:
> "There's a long history of impersonation on this list, some of it
> extremely nasty. "
>
> Having migrated through a number of personae and continuing to post
> anonymously and thus avoid taking responsibility for his/her words,
> rj/jbor/rjackson/? is certainly in a position to comment with authority on
> this topic, especially that "nasty" part -- check the archives to see what
> rj/jbor/rjackson/? had to say to Pynchon scholars Charles Hollander and
> Derek Maus, neither of whom choose to participate in this forum any longer
> for that reason.
>
> Most of the voices now active in this discussion, including most of the
> most obnoxious ("Morris", Scratchit, Fester, Dingleberry, mike j, et al),
> come from people hiding behind anonymous email accounts.  I think it's
> hilarious that it's some of these anonymous wankers, including
> rj/jbor/rjackson/?, who make the most noise and seem the most concerned
> about people posting from anonymous email accounts. Duh.
>
> rj/jbor/rjackson/?:
> "due in large part to Doug"
>
> Last time I checked, sounds like quite a few voices are making this
> discussion what it is.
>
> Note rj/jbor/rjackson/?'s shift to ad hominem, rather than answer the
> points offered in response to ludicrous his/her claim of non-partisanship
> re U.S. politics in my earlier post -- quite typical for this particular
> interlocutor.
>
>
> rj/jbor/rjackson/?:
> "I'd much rather be discussing _M&D_."
>
> What's stopping you?
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