re VLVL2: More is Less

[David Morris]

Bravo!

--- Bandwraith at aol.com wrote:\
> 
> That's right, Mr. Millison, you have to go with the flow. I agree
> with you and monrovius that "More is Less" also refers to _1984_,
> but it's a joke, isn't it? It's 1984, alright, and furry, freaky
> Zoyd, after smoking a joint, goes into the shop and buys a
> woman's dress for himself, with a check both he and the sales-
> lady know is probably rubber. The times have changed but not
> quite the way predicted in _1984_. The scene is humorous, 
> lighten up. Stop being an old grouch. The only potential thought 
> police, here, are readers who want to imprison the narrative
> in some dreary outdated worldview dependent on cold war
> dichotomies that no longer exist. It's time to update that chip
> on your shoulder. There are new concerns facing us today
> that require a more sophisticated analysis then that provided
> by a book published in late 1990 ostensibly about goings on in
> 1984, and before. 
> 
> The strain lines in your attempts to make VL fit your political 
> agenda for 2003 are becoming glaringly obvious. The book can
> stand on its own merits.
> 
> respectfully 


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