weighing in

[John Lundy]

Luther,

Don't bail out on us, pal.  We need your sobering and understanding 
influence badly.  I've only been on the list for a short while myself.  In 
the initial days after last week's tragedy I felt privileged to have found 
such a compassionate group of people.  But given the dreadful flow of "bomb 
the towelheads into oblivion" diatribes that have flowed relentlessly 
since, I'm beginning to wonder if some members of the list have ever truly 
read a Pynchon novel.

I can assure you that in the bars in my little corner of the world, the 
resident gorillas in the corner are spouting the same zenophobic and racist 
filth as you're finding.

Keep the faith, Luth.  If nothing else, you'll feel better.

John

On Saturday, 15 September 2001 18:53, luther blissett 
[SMTP:blissettluther at hotmail.com] wrote:
>   When I stopped subscribing to the PList about a year ago (my address 
was
> nohed36 at the time), one of my main motives for leaving was my 
irritation
> at the endless strings of nonsensical bickering that filled up my mailbox 
> everyday- so I'll keep this short.
>   I have a dedicated email address (this one) where I check up on the 
PList
> every week or so- against my better judgement- to see what the current 
read
> is, and what's being said about the man and his books.  I don't have time 
to
> follow along anymore, I'm swamped and working for almost-free, but I like 
to
> keep a hand in.
>   In the last few days I haven't even thought to check in here, but 
tonight,
> in my cups, I thought I'd stop by.  It was creepy (as creepy as 
everything
> else these days) to go through the digests, from the lines about TRP's 
bird
> parallels and the gearing up for the M&D read, then the trickle, then 
flood
> of news, panicked questions, first-hand reports.  Then, as quickly as in 
the
> non-virtual world, the drawing of lines and the taking of sides.
>   Boy howdy, do I love some of y'all for being aware of how this is being 
> manipulated by ruling-class bozos trying to cover their own asses, (and, 
for
> being Pynchon fans, to boot!)  But there it was, again, just like in the
> non-virtual world, just like my corner bar, jingoistic militaristic
> crapahoolie about them bad a-rabs and how they can't do this to us cuz 
we've
> got much bigger dicks, red white and blue ones, even.
>   I don't know, that's all.  Thanks.  Good luck on M&D
>
> (suprised by the Franzen thread synchronicity- just picked up 
Twenty-Seventh
> City out of a galleys box at the bookstore on a whim, finished it on the
> weekend, muy excellente!)
>
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