pynchon-l-digest V2 #2204

[Paul Mackin]

Here's something I'm curious about: what are we to make of the fact that
slothrop666 seems to have the notion that there is
something deceptive and sinister and anonymous about Rob Jackson's and David
Morris's respective identities? This is a Doug idee fixe. How great could
the probability be that more
than one person out of a thousand could entertain such a baseless notion.

Hasn't  everyone on the p-list except Doug long known who these gentlemen
are?

But maybe I've missed something along the way.

Anyway an example:

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0103&msg=739&keywords=slothrop66
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        P.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Musashi Miyamoto" <scuffling at hotmail.com>
To: "Pynchon List" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: pynchon-l-digest V2 #2204


> I've searched the archives:
>
> slothrop666 isn't a big jbor or david morris fan, but then again, that may
> not be an uncommon trait. The style isn't anything like Doug's; the
content
> may overlap, but Doug takes slothrop666 to task on at least one occasion.
Of
> course that could just be Doug being tricky. Is then when I finally get to
> use Occam's razor?
>
> An excellent example of previous list sleuthing by FQ:
>
> From: "Henry Musikar" <scuffling@[omitted]>
> To: fqmorris@[omitted], scuffling@[omitted], pynchon-l@[omitted]
> Subject: Re: Sex & the Swastika
> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 03:21:08 -0600
>
> >From: David Morris <fqmorris@[omitted]>
> >Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 13:23:16 -0800 (PST)
>
> >For whatever bizzare reasons of your own you tried to
> >maintain this little charade character for a few days
> >(even after being called on it), right when
> >"Slothrop666" (whoever s/he is, I have no knowledge)
> >was assuming multiple, multiple identities, harrassing
> >this list.  It should not be a surprise that some,
> >including me, thought you were the same idiot.  Are
> >you?
>
> That has to be one of the smartest things you've ever said, throwing
people
> off the track that way, when all the time, YOU seem to be much more like
> Slothrop666. I never changed accounts, by the way, just aliases. Sure
> someone smart enough to argue between his two alter egos would appreciate
> the difference.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Mackin" <paul.mackin at verizon.net>
> To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 12:40 PM
> Subject: Re: pynchon-l-digest V2 #2204
>
>
> > Lineland came out about four and a half years ago, about the same time
as
> > Mason & Dixon.
> >
> > Not everyone can sound like Doug. It is an art. We may not know for sure
> (or
> > even for unsure) who is and who is not, but would you agree that
> slothrop666
> > should get the academy award for an early cutting edge portrayal of the
> Doug
> > that was to be? Check out the archieves with keyword "slothrop666."
> >
> >         P.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Musashi Miyamoto" <scuffling at hotmail.com>
> >
> > > Sounds like Doug.... Would one of you let me know if it tastes like
> Doug?
> > >
> > > Was JS really 5 years ago. Seems like only yesterday....
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Doug Millison" <millison at online-journalist.com>
> > > To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:41 AM
> > > Subject: Re: pynchon-l-digest V2 #2204
> > >
> > >
> > > > This is all totally ridiculous, but par for the course in an email
> forum
> > > > that was, before I got here almost 5 years ago, already riddled with
> > > deceit
> > > > and double-dealing (JS's troll activity that generated material for
> his
> > > > book started about this time in '96, didn't it?).
> > > >
> > > > I have no reason to doubt that James is telling the truth about
> > receiving
> > > > that email.
> > > >
> > > > Who that email came from, that's another story entirely.
> > > >
> > > > Obviously, it's easy for anybody to set up an anonymous email
account
> > and
> > > > send email from it -- so simple even a child can do it, as they say,
> > which
> > > > would explain why somebody like "Morris"@anonymous.com (lest I be
> > accused
> > > > of misleading anybody it's really fqmorris at hotmail.com) can manage
it.
> > > >
> > > > Also, quite obviously, and I thank those of you out there who
> > acknowledge
> > > > the through-the-looking-glass quality of reality on the P-list
> according
> > > to
> > > > Malign (anonymous),  rj/rjackson/jbor/? (anonymous),  "Morris"
> > > (anonymous),
> > > > Terrance (his dance card of anonymous email accounts will never be
> > full),
> > > > and a couple of others. I obviously have some enemies on the P-list
> with
> > > > long memories, several of whom hide behind anonymous email accounts,
> and
> > > > who have never shown any reluctance to fabricate things I'm supposed
> to
> > > > have said.
> > > >
> > > > Say what you want about me, I've never been shy about stating my
views
> > > > plainly and in the open on Pynchon-L, signed by my own name.
> > > >
> > > > -Doug
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Doug Millison - Writer/Editor/Web Editorial Consultant
> > > > millison at online-journalist.com
> > > > www.Online-Journalist.com
> > > >
> >
> >