Notes From Underglass- Why Pynchon Matters

[prozak at anus.com]

> >> What makes Pynchon important as a novelist is precisely because of his
> >> sense of political and ethical responsibility which balances and informs
> >> his aesthetics, something Riefenstahl, for example, failed to accomplish.
> > 
> > I prefer to be open-minded about the political beliefs of others. In
> > her view, she did the same.
> 
> I prefer not to be open-minded about the wholesale slaughter of people.

You're already taking a complex series of events and attempting to 
distill it to a linear, moral point of view.

To an external observer, this is no different than what Hitler did or 
Bush is doing.
 
> What you call open-minded, others might call "fellow traveller",
> collaborationist, apologist, or card carrying member.

Not if they want to be taken credibly, since by my original words 
you've quoted above, my "open-mindedness" applies equally to the 
political beliefs of all people.


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