This is still the Pynchon list, isn't it?

[Toby G Levy]

I response to the guy who wrote "I hope Pynchon in his next book orders
his readers to jump off a cliff--so we'll finally know who the truly
faithful are."
I reply thusly:

Silly me, I thought that all of these political postings had some
relevance to the writings of Thomas Pynchon. since the posters have taken
the trouble to subscribe to the PYNCHON LIST, why else would they be
posting?  Is it possible that they are only trying to push their own
agenda TOTALLY OFF TOPIC without any relevance to the purpose of the
list?  No, this cannot be.  This NEVER happens on the internet.

And to the guy who wrote "You don't mean the last sentence as you've said
it? It's killing every discussion." My last sentence was that Pynchon
would never agree with Bush supporters, and yes I think there is ample
evidence in his novels to state that Pynchon feels that war is a cynical
means of the those in power to extend their own control.  

And the only reason Bush showed restraint is because he didn't have a
clue where to attack.  

Declaring "war" on terrorism is the same as declaring "war" on drugs or
inflation.  You do not use the army. You use anti-crime techniques.  We
need better ways to identify and remove the antisocial elements from
society, but we do not need to bomb women and children of foreign
countries to do this.  And if you believe the reports on the accuracy of
our bombs, that ALWAYS hit their targets, I respectfully disagree. I do
not believe these reports.  

And you cannot judge the acceptability of military action by the size of
demonstrations.  What would it take to get you to demonstrate?  Writing a
message to a internet list is one thing; going out on the street and
risking injury is another.  And public opinion polls are ridiculous for
lots of reasons.  I don't have time to get into that.

Toby
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