VLVL 3 Zoyd and Hector

[Don Corathers]

"Pyschopath" is an overstatement in both cases. More so, I would argue, when
applied to Zoyd, who is essentially harmless. I used the word in describing
Hector as shorthand for "disturbed and dangerous," which he clearly is.

Don


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Strzechowski" <dedalus204 at comcast.net>
To: "Pynchon-L" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: VLVL 3 Zoyd and Hector


> Wait, guys.  You're saying
>
>  Don Corathers:
> >
> > >
> > > Well, Zoyd's not a psychopath, for starters, and he doesn't manipulate
> > > people into deals that ruin their lives under the color of law
> enforcement.
> >
>
> jbor:
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> > Hector's no psychopath either. [...]
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>
> But earlier, you both said:
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> Don Corathers wrote:
> >
> > > Please. Hector is a Tube-addled psychopath trying to run a con.
> >
>
> jbor replied:
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> > And that would make him different from Zoyd how, precisely?
> >
>
> So:  are you both/either arguing that Hector is a "psychopath"?  Justify.
> Zoyd is likewise a "psychopath"?  You better justify, cuz I sure as hell
> don't see *that*.  Neither?  Then why the original exchange?
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Tim
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