maximum paranoia

[Jasper Fidget]

I was actually attempting to object to the use of that much-abused-of-late
bit of terminology "jingoist", which I find reactionary and pejorative (not
to mention ugly: it doesn't sound anything near it's meaning, and reminds me
of the phrase: "the dingo ate your baby!").  By exaggerating the word
through augmentation, I'd hoped to convey my opinion of its use.  I can see
how my comment may have been misconstrued as grammatical commentary, but I
see no reason to apologize for that.  Maybe if I had written
"jingoisticafragicalicious" I would not have been understood too quickly.  I
do admit to needing an editor sometimes.

Incidentally, does anybody know what song it is that has the unsettling
refrain "ohhh by jin-go"?

Jasper Fidget

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Lundy" <jlundy at gyk.com.au>
To: "'Jasper Fidget'" <fakename at tokyo.com>; <calbert at hslboxmaster.com>
Cc: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 9:46 PM
Subject: RE: maximum paranoia


> Jasper,
>
> The Concise Oxford Dictionary goes with "jingoistic", you owe the man a
> double apology.  One for being wrong and one for the initial pedantry!
>
> On Friday, 21 September 2001 07:09, Jasper Fidget
[SMTP:fakename at tokyo.com]
> wrote:
> > Dr. Eldon Tyrell is a character in the movie Blade Runner.  He is a
> > reclusive genius robotics / artificial intelligence scientist who
created
> > the "replicants" (androids) that the protagonist has to kill.  The
> > replicants see him as their father / god, and visit him (uninvited) to
> ask
> > why their lives were designed to be so short and whether there's any way
> to
> > cheat their deaths.  I don't know what Bizarro was getting at--I stopped
> > reading his email when I saw the word jingoistic (I think he meant
> > "jingoistical" or perhaps "jingoisticalist").
> >
> > Jasper Fidget
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <calbert at hslboxmaster.com>
> > To: <D.Bizarro at gmx.net>
> > Cc: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:49 AM
> > Subject: Re: maximum paranoia
> >
> >
> > > D.Bizarro at gmx.net:
> > >
> > > > Well let?s dip into the deep shit of this loony perspective:
> > > > Let?s say that Bush and some jingoistic Eldon Tyrrel,
> > >
> > > Who the H. is Eldon Tyrrel?  Are you referring to R. Emmitt Tyrrell?
> > >
> > > Does it matter?
> > >
> > > love,
> > > cfa
> > >
>