pynchon-l-digest V-2 #29479

[Otto]

Thanks Monica and Keith, my only concern is that people who have posted
something are quoted correctly by others later. Interpreting literature has
mostly to do with a correct reading of what another one has written.

And Thomas, didn't you read all the other valuable posts by numerous
p-listers, so why concentrate on the few rants? See you in June hopefully.

Doug, you are not Chomeini and I'm not Salman Rushdie, you cannot offend me.
My name may be Otto like that motor but I don't need any fuel apart from
coffee.

I'm not anti-religious (and not anti-communist, not anti-American, not
anti-biotech, not anti-Israel), I'm just *not* religious, neither
Cristianity nor Islam has something to offer me except from the beauty of
their arts, which can be appreciated without being a believer.

If it hasn't come to your mind immediately that Noah's job was technology
and science it's because you've read it as a believer, which is not wrong at
all in my opinion, but from a literary point of view it's obviously very
early Science fiction. How many space operas are there telling the story of
humans trying to leave a doomed Earth?

You wrote "equating magic with modern science" -- that's a good point
because much modern science looks like magic to the one who hasn't got all
the information. The "stop-biotech-now"-thing Kai says wouldn't change
anything because they are doing it anyway. Trying to stop it misses the
point, we need rules for the scientists working with stem cells like the
German philosopher Peter Sloterdijk has said ("Regeln für den
Menschenpark").

I can see clearly the role of religious fairytales as propaganda within that
military-industrial complex Pynchon's texts are critisizing. For me the
Bible is just a text, not holy and with no special magic in it, apart from
the magic that comes from every great book.

I am paid by many from this list, paid with friendship, information,
knowledge. That's why I like it that much.
Even the rant every once in a while.

back to chap. 50

Otto

----- Original Message -----
From: "s~Z" <keithsz at concentric.net>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 5:10 AM
Subject: Re: pynchon-l-digest V-2 #29479


> >>>Sorry to butt into this, but why levy against Otto Sell, by far
> one of the warmest and most valuable assets to the list? I do not
> see why petty textual crimes and counterpoints and pissdemeanors
> are magnified into such Talibanic raptures!<<<
>
> Yeah, Doug never whines when Dave Monroe speaks on his behalf.
>