They think they can

CyrusGeo at netscape.net CyrusGeo at netscape.net
Thu Oct 18 02:59:53 CDT 2001


"Paddy O'" <paddyoh55 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>They think they can scare the hell out us but they
>have forgotten one thing.
>
>W e  h a v e  a l w a y s  w a t c h e d  o u t.
>
>Watched out, been alert, differentiated.
>
>Differentiated from the outside world to a proper
>extent, and, what is more, wisely differentiated
>within. Everybody knowing where one belongs to.
>
>Reserved the most viable of our downtowns, oh yes, for
>Commerce. (Some fools say Pynchon does not appreciate
>this. But it is really quite evident that the real
>hero of _GR_ is not the commerce-evasive, un-American
>Slothrop, but von Goell – American inside.)
>
>Europeans: keep talking of your "atmosphere" and "city
>culture" and whatever as much as you want.
>
>But never come saying we did not warn you.
>
>
>GO

Excuse me... What are you talking about?

Cyrus


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