Pynchon's reconciliation of apparent opposites WAS Dixon's nonviolence

Dave Monroe davidmmonroe at yahoo.com
Fri Mar 15 10:06:34 CST 2002


Doesn't matter how it was intended, I still agree. 
Now what's this about an attack ...?  Hm ...

--- David Morris <fqmorris at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> A classic case of egg-on-face:
> 
> >From: Dave Monroe <davidmmonroe at yahoo.com>
> >
> >If y'all won't take my word for it, well ... well,
> thank you, Thomas, 'twas my point exactly ...
> >
> >--- Thomas Eckhardt <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de>
> >wrote:
> > 
> > I believe you are rewriting Pynchon's text here.
> > Pynchon wrote "Dixon places his Fist in the way
> > the oncoming Face". He did not write "Dixon
> > punches the slave-owner in the face....

But speaking of classic cases of eggs-on-faces,
Morris, I'd be careful about answering yr doorbell ...

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