feeding hungry people

[Henry Mu]

That "You want to believe" crap is pure rhetoric; sure isn't a
responsible parsing of anything that I have ever written.

Doesn't matter who planted the mines, by the way. And as far as knowing
what has been or is happening, there's a virtual blackout on news. I
hope that the kids are alright. But to believe that anything but a more
torturous construction (that hasn't even been forthcoming from any
responsible parties, btw) can explain "no casualties" in the midst of an
inherently deadly environment would be magickal unrealism.


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On
Behalf Of MalignD at aol.com
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 6:04 PM
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: Re: Re: feeding hungry people

<<Hmmm. Sure sounds dangerous to me, in my ignorance of facts to the
contrary.

I don't know about you, but when something makes simple sense, be it a
an

explanation of the past or an analysis of what may be happening or will
soon

happen, it takes a leap of faith or hard facts from a believable source
to

get me to think otherwise.>>

Has the US in fact planted mines?  Are the food drops in mined areas?
Have
any children ventured into these areas?  Are precautions being taken?
HAVE
ANY CHILDREN STEPPED ON MINES?

You want to believe it has already occurred (on the conjecture of
someone who
wants to believe it has occurred), and ask me to assume the same because
of
Occam's razor.

Sorry.