James Joyce sell out?

[Terrance]

prozak at anus.com wrote:
> 
> > > Ah! I see! So Nietzsche was correct :)
> >
> > Correct about what?
> 
> Maybe it's not for you to understand. Deal with it. Can your ego take
> the whacks? With a bat, or with an axe? Or even face brass tacks? You
> can do it, if you try!







> 
> > > You're so afraid of politics outside your safe category that you
> > > can't overlook it, and have to reach out and bash like an alpha male.
> >
> > I'm a woosey (that
> > means I'm a pluralist who won't tolerate relativism and those who won't
> > tolerate political views that they consider not the kind of politics
> > Pynchon would have).
> 
> You seem to be already on a crusade, like Mike Weaver, to eliminate
> unacceptable politics - based on your past comments.

I think you are right about Mike and several others here. But not me. 
I don't want to type back to a racist or an anti-Semite. But I'll defend
your right to type whatever you have to say about Pynchon's politics
here.  However,  if you are here simply to type out your own political
views and use Pynchon's books as an excuse to do I'm going to complain
about that no matter what your politics. Mike and Doug and some others
actually think I'm on another political planet, but our politics are not
radically different. What's different is that I don't want this list to
violate the only rule it has or become a closed system clique or chat
room. 



> 
> Thus the above to me looks like justification, not explanation.
> 
> > I just think this is a Pynchon list and we should focus on
> > Pynchon.
> 
> Then why are you focusing on Joyce? ;)

Me? I've said nothing about Joyce here. I participate in a Joyce
discussion elsewhere so no need or desire. 


> 
> > > Someone brought in some ideas that challenged your hierarchy, and you
> > > reacted like a Simian.
> >
> > We don't have a hierarchy here. You got ganged up on because you wanted
> > to be ganged up on. Try again. Why not. You have the time. You have the
> > brain. You've read the books.
> 
> There's hierarchy everywhere. I got "ganged up on" because I offended
> some community standards of complacency.

I know, this is your defense. You wrote it. You hung it on our
collective back. 
Kick me! 




> 
> > Screw Joyce. If you don't want to talk Joyce, talk Pynchon. Talk
> > Nietzsche and Pynchon. But find a bit of a focus. And be careful.
> > Posting anti-Semitic web pages is not gonna fly round these parts.
> 
> Here comes the threat!
> 
> What anti-Semitic web pages have been posted?

You know. 


> 
> I come to discuss politics, but only with those with the maturity to
> handle disagreement.


Anytime you're ready to start a discussion of Pynchon's politics simply
put Pynchon in the subject heading and I'll start reading your posts,
Till then, I'm deleting them unread.