Notes From Underglass- Why Pynchon Matters

[barbara100 at jps.net]

From: <prozak at anus.com>

> 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.

Again, it's not the same thing because where Hitler and Bush actually have
slaughtered people, Joe chooses not to.

> "open-mindedness" applies equally to the  political beliefs of all people.

Call it a linear, moral point of view if you must, but clearly it should NOT
apply when you're talking about the "wholesale slaughter of people."

PS: I guess I didn't mean it when I said I can't read you anymore. It seems
with Terrance gone, I have a bit more free time.