Cut price politics

[prozak at anus.com]

> > I think it's impossible to have a Pynchon list without politics,
> > especially in a time like now.
> 
> But we can't have a Pynchon
> list without Pynchon. 

Interesting how many things in life come down to these binary axes:

1. We can't have a Pynchon list without politics.
2. We can't have a Pynchon list without Pynchon.

It's like darkness and light, eating each other to rebirth the world.

> And we should not turn this list over to the those
> that want to make it a chat room clique for discussing and debating the
> political issue in the headlines. We can all read the newspapers. We can
> all debate and discuss the political issues in the headlines elsewhere.

While in part I agree, keep in mind that we're in the age of 
information overload. We can read newspapers; but does each newspaper 
report the same news? Do the interesting articles often get 
overlooked and/or never make it into the paper from the wire 
services?

If it really gets insane, maybe we need a "Pynchon-lifestyles" list 
somewhere also?

> This is the only Pynchon list. When people subscribe to this list they
> come here expecting to discuss Pynchon. But if Pynchon is not being
> discussed because the political issues of the day are being discussed in
> a chat room calling itself a Pynchon list, people lurk and leave. You've
> participated on other lists. So have I. In fact, I'm on several lists
> with several members of this list. This is the only list where a chat
> room for political debate dominates discussion. It needs to stop. Sorry.

Maybe we should aim for a happy medium -or- enable digest mode? 
That's often an excellent compromise.

I've learned a lot from the political stuff posted here, and have 
passed it on to other groups who would probably never have sene it 
otherwise. Cross-pollination?

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