re MDMD: America

[Terrance]

Scott Badger wrote:
> I agree, but I also agree with Terrance that Dixon is not so great at
> controlling this desire.

Mason, one could argue, is more a pacifist than Dixon. The only person
Mason ever threatens to hurt of kill is RC and he's far from serious
about it. Could be all the Gothical stuff his into.

Pynchon is a much better author than Doug or Dave or most critics
realize. Of course Doug can't know this because he simply doesn't read
enough literature and he reads a lot of crap. Dave Monroe just likes to
play coach and lawyer to Doug and others like Hollander because he
agrees with their politics, , what a shame.  

OK, got the balls to respond to what i say about M&D? No, I doubt it. 

At the massacre site Mason is like a Nun at a shrine, not a very violent
description, while Dixon can not get on his knees. His thoughts include
violent
retribution and murder. 

After the adventure on the
Seahorse Dixon kids about commanding a regiment for the RS, but when
Mason says, hey, you're a Quaker, you can't go to war, Dixon says, not
really, got the boot, and I may kill anyone I choose.

Dixon sports a red coat of military cut and hangs out in the Jolly
Pitman with tough working class men. He goes out looking for adventure
and he's not afraid to find it. More than once he nearly punches out
Mason, once aboard a ship. This guy is a very
attractive character, but not because he's a pacifist. 

I'm not sure Mason gonna have my back, but I don't have to ask Dixon, I
know, that motherfucker gonna be there.