antw. re Re: MDDM Gershom's Intervention

[Doug Millison]

Mackin:
>Specifically with regard to slavery,  rather than with the lower orders in
>general, there WERE  of course antislavery advocates, often religiously
>motivated (only God can own one of us), but they were not much competition
>against King Tobacco and King Cotton. Then as now, it's the economy stupid.


It is less taxing to think about complex issues when you reduce them to a
simple slogan or two.
That doesn't get you very far in plumbing Pynchon's depths, in my opinion.


Mackin:
> I see P as mainly trying to have a bit of fun, which in the end
> falls rather flat.


Response to M&D has been mixed among Pynchon fans, hasn't it, the
Washington-Gershom material in particular.


Mackin:
>Therefore the rest of the post I'd rather let others
>handle.


Why not let "Monica" handle it?  She seems to be doing most of the heavy
lifting for you guys these days.

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