1984 Foreword "fascistic disposition"

[Dave Monroe]

"But the unseemliness of an argument--let alone a
prophecy--in the heat of some later emergency, does
not necessarily make it wrong" (x).  The previous
couple of sentences are nigh-unto-satirical.  "Those
of fascistic disposition" might be a bit strong (or
maybe not ...), but "or merely those among us wo
remain all too ready to justify any government action,
whether right or wrong," is pretty self-explanatory. 
This is all pretty straightforward, and
straightforwardly critical, not at all like the
reading below ... 

--- Malignd <malignd at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Thus I find Pynchon saying that criticism of a
> government as fascistic is unseemly during wartime,
> which I suppose I should find surprising, although
> I'm not sure why.  But it's all too ambiguous,
> finally, to nail down.  For me anyway.

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