MDMD Dixon's nonviolence

[David Morris]

This is so stupid, and of course it's all about Saint Doug again.  And of 
course Dave Monroe (defender of the brainless) quibbles and dissembles in 
Doug'd defense.  I agree with Terrance.  They are both full of shit, readily 
twisting Pynchon's text to their own service, and dragging down the level of 
discussion here in the process.

David Morris

>From: Dave Monroe
>
>"Dixon places his Fist in the way of the oncoming Face,--" (M&D, Ch. 72, p. 
>698)
>
>Well, Doug might be overstating the case here some, but ...
>
>But while Dixon, man of science, here, Newtonian mechanics, that he is, 
>would presumably presume the imminent collision here, there is a certain 
>passivity about his action here nonetheless.  It's not QUITE as if he'd 
>thrown a punch, although one COULD rewrite the equations as if he had.  
>Still, he's got to have a pretty good idea of what'll happen, so ...


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