NP Afghanistan

[Musashi Miyamoto]

I think that Barbara is really Doug (et al) giving himself an easy
adversary. Not that Barbara is easy.

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Keep Cool, but Care
Henry Mu

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jasper Fidget" <fakename at tokyo.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: Re: NP Afghanistan


W-whaaat?  Oh!  I get you now, I understand!  You've begun parodying
yourself--or have you been parodying Doug all along?  Ah, yes, it's genius!
So subtle at first, but now escalated to pure slap-stick.  The use here of
the lighter word "folks" (instead of people) is an especially nice touch.
Well done.  But I worry that parody may not be the best approach to
countering Doug's arguments, even when performed with your obvious
skill--it's kind of a straw-man tactic, wouldn't you say?

Jasper Fidget,
skinning a few folks.

----- Original Message -----
From: <barbara100 at jps.net>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 7:33 PM
Subject: RE: Re: NP Afghanistan

[...]

> So they skinned a few folks. It's grim and disgusting, but is it worse
than starving to death a million?  Could their 'evil'ways ever be
justification for killing off so many?
[...]