Christianity and Pynchon

[alfredjprufrock at club-internet.fr]

DM> One is not MORE important than the other, but the two are important 
DM> together.  Protestants started this country.  Catholics invaded it later:  
DM> first the French who supported "enemy" tribes against us, then about a 
DM> hundred years later the Irish rabble.  But I think in terms of dissecting 
DM> P's works that it is important to remember this country's founders did not 
DM> revere the Virgin.

er...excuse me?

the french were in america before the brits, david my dear. french
fishermen in newfoundland from the early 1500s, cartier in 1534.
french settlement in florida in 1562... the first brit settlement was in 1587, dare i think.

there weren't many of us, mostly fur traders, we never were settlers, but you know. hence we did not invade america, we owned lousiana
anyway. the TRUE founders of this country did revere the virgin!!!
they put her name everywhere!!! planted signs in her name and in the
names of all the saints they could think of. and what about the
spaniards in the south?

what about the forgotten founders of this country, david, uh? more
than the slothrops and winthrops, they're the real losers of america,
and as such, are to be taken into account in pynchon's works.

man, and how we love that virgin mary...
 no but seriously, i think there is something with the catholic side
 of america that's been wiped out because it's indeed the history of
 the losers, the french, the spaniards, the mexicans. but they're
 there alright, the whole time.


greg