MDDM Ch. 72 Dixon and the slave driver

[Doug Millison]

Otto:
>turn: A deed or action having a good or bad effect on another
>http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=turn
>

True enough, Otto.
But, "turns it against"  might but doesn't necessarily mean "whips with" --
it can also mean,
"threatens with"


(One dictionary definition doesn't exclude other meanings or connotations
or a word or phrase.)



s~Z:
>Some of
>us,

Why draw this dividing Line, when we (you, me, Dave, jbor, Otto, etc.)
agree on so much?  It's a tactic that serves to split, to set one side
against another, rather than moving the discussion towards common ground
and interesting variations on same -- that's what this could be, imo.


>notably Dave and Doug say that there is something called 'what Pynchon
>wrote.'


Take that phrase where you like, we do have the texts that Pynchon wrote
available to read and discuss. I'm not sure I understand why you object to
taking the text as a starting point (or perhaps I misunderstand).



>Seems obvious enough.

Yes, these come to mind:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140188592/qid=1030222458/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2
_1/002-5169652-7177601

http://www.amaz
on.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060930217/ref=pd_sim_books/002-5169652-7177601

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316724432/ref=pd_sim_books/002-5169652-7
177601

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0141180633/ref=pd_sim_books/002-5169652-7
177601

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805058370/ref=pd_sim_books/002-5169652-7
177601


Doug Millison
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