Pynchon and the current situation

[Dan Jizzenberry]

First of all your assumption about my lack of self-doubt is perplexing. I 
just re-read my original e-mail and, while it exudes a certain confidence, 
it certainly didn't come off (to me at least) as openly antagonistic or 
authoritative. But I know that we'd all like our interlocutors to engage us 
with their head bowed, their hat in hand. It's much easier that way, it 
really is. Especially when the man with the bowed, hatless head has views 
that, on previous occasions, were shown to be in the minority. I guess what 
I'm trying to say is that I don't think my little nugget of info required a 
"blunt" response on your behalf, especially one which professed to know my 
opinions on the matter before I had even formulated them myself. For 
instance, I want to know why you thought I assumed that "it would have been 
prudent for those charged with protecting the President's life to have been 
so dull-minded?" This was a rhetorical question, was it not? To be honest, I 
think the actions of Bush and his handlers were perfectly reasonable, for 
the same reasons you mentioned earlier; this "flat-out lie" nonsense is just 
that: nonsense. I thought I was posting something that, for once, would not 
produce a stream of hostile responses. I was merely trying to outline other 
people's opinions w/r/t the airforce 1 debacle, while attempting to use my 
own skills of deduction. But I guess you did me a big favor. By expressing 
my views for me, you've shaved a few minutes off my schedule that I can use 
to--oh, I don't know--detail my car, pay my bills, boil up some pasta. Now I 
know that we've tended to be on opposite sides of things these last couple 
of weeks, but next time you should probably avoid assuming as much before 
the facts are even in. Or maybe I should try using more transparent 
language. Either way, it's gonna be a tough road to travel. I'm also 
interested to know what my "desired ends" are. Your's as well.


From: "David Morris" <fqmorris at hotmail.com>
To: pantychrist at hotmail.com, rfiero at pophost.com, lycidas2 at earthlink.net, 
pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: Pynchon and the current situation
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 23:42:06 -0500

Must I inform you that there exist other delivery systems than a jetliner? 
Your suppositions are designed, as usual, to support your desired ends.  Do 
you think it would have been prudent for those charged with protecting the 
President's life to have been so dull-minded?

I'm sorry to be so blunt, but you force me by your lack of any self-doubt.

David Morris

>From: "Dan Jizzenberry" David Morris wrote:
>
>"I don't usually defend Bush, but let me ask you what inside info you have
>to be able to call the report of Air Force One being suspected as a target
>a "flat-out-lie?"  The reports in the media mentioned a message threat with
>some inside code knowledge, not a jet aimed at the White House."
>
>Most people point to the terrible odds involved in scoring a direct hit on
>one jetliner using another jetliner

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