Notes From Underglass- Why Pynchon Matters

[jbor]

on 24/2/03 5:05 AM, vze422fs at verizon.net at vze422fs at verizon.net wrote:

>> 
>>> 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.

No, you prefer to be flip about it.
 
> What you call open-minded, others might call "fellow traveller",
> collaborationist, apologist, or card carrying member.

At least you got your wish for death and carnage in Rhode Island. Now
multiply that death toll by somewhere between 30-50,000 Iraqis and that
apologist is YOU big fella.

best