Walk this way

[David Morris]

>From: Terrance <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>
>
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>Doug's argument was junk, he's looking for a fight

And he's getting far more attention here than his paltry argument is worth.

>The ordinary reader, as I choose to think of him, is a guy like me. [...] 
>Some, especially those that have been hit hard over the head with the idea, 
>will not be comfortable even with my referring to myself as an ordinary 
>reader.

I laughed out line when I read your claim to be an "ordinary reader."

>when I play it, halting, mechanical, sentimental, I don't  win any prizes, 
>but when my Luz, a  brilliant musician, technically perfect, plays Mozart, 
>she wins prizes.
>
>She's a pro and I'm not.
>
>Should our admiration for Luz, a brilliant musician,  denigrate my humbler 
>effort?

Well, no,  but you're unlikely to get a booking at Carnegie Hall, or a 
contract with Columbia Records.

>[...] The professional Pynchon critic is not an elitist by nature of being 
>a professional critic.

Right.  And this is why Doug's argument is so stupid, but then all he ever 
wanted was the attention to his stupidity, pathologically mistaking it for 
admiration.

>[...] Some readings of GR are simply better than others, and there is 
>nothing elitist about it. It's simply common sense.

Yep.

David Morris




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