NP St. Clair

Otto ottosell at yahoo.de
Tue Aug 20 12:04:35 CDT 2002


----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Millison" <pynchonoid at yahoo.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: NP St. Clair


> I'm afraid you've misunderstood the meaning of
> "freeloading" in this instance, Otto. The articles
> published at Counterpunch.com are free to anybody to
> read.  I suspect he means that you're too lazy  to go
> to his web site and read the entire article, but
> instead attack what he writes based on a small part of
> the article that's been quoted elsewhere.

Of course, as mostly, you're wrong because (of course again) I had read the
whole article (which, as you might remember, isn't about Johnson but about
"Frank Lloyd Wright, Working Class Housing and the FBI") on the Counterpunch
website before answering to your initial post. Btw. your insight in St.
Clair's thoughts is remarkable.

> Today's vocabulary builder for you:
>  freeloaders are too lazy
> to go to the trouble to get something but instead
> depend on hand-outs.
>
> " free·load Pronunciation Key (frld)
> intr.v. Slang free·load·ed, free·load·ing, free·loads
>
> To take advantage of the charity, generosity, or
> hospitality of others."
> http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=freeloader
>
> A synonym is "sponger".
>

I definitely don't need this from a dishonest, lying person like you who is
even unable to paraphrase a dictionary entry correctly. Or can you tell
where on the dictionary.com-entry you find the word "hand-outs"?

me:
> > 3. If you're worried about the freeloading tell Doug
> > Millison to stop
> > posting your articles.
>
> You'll note, too, if you care to be accurate, that I
> don't post entire articles, just bits and pieces in
> the context of our discussion here (this is permitted
> under the "fair use" provising of intellectual
> property law) and I include links to take people back
> to the site, helping to build traffic.
>

How generous from you. If that calmes you down a little bit, I've just put a
link to Counterpunch on my major linksite to "pay" for my "freeloading"
(directly under the link to CNN).

> Still flame-free,
> Doug
>

ha ha

Otto

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