Temperance Pledge

Paul Mackin paul.mackin at verizon.net
Tue Jun 24 09:06:33 CDT 2003


On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 09:19, David Morris wrote:
> 
> --- Dave Monroe <flavordav at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > --- David Morris <fqmorris at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > You think the P-list read of PF is "going on and on
> > > about anything and everything non-Pynchonian?"  You
> > > are too controlling with your in/ex-clusions, I
> > > think.  And a discussion of PF can hardly be
> > > compared to endless political propoganda, which
> > > you've been so mute about.  "This is the PYNCHON
> > > list," objection has proven feeble.
> > 
> > This would include right-wing propaganda as well, er, right?
> 
> I haven't seen any of that here, [would you like to point one out for us?] but
> PF would still be preferable to any-wing propaganda. 


Pynchon doesn't seem to attract "right wing" readers, although there was
that annoying person a while back whom everyone lighted into and
eventually drove away.

The "genre" types attracted to Pynchon seem to fall into at least three
categories:

the left, even the loony left;

science fiction aficionados;

the god hungry.

There may be others. Suggestions?


P.


 And BTW, you started this
> little skirmish, not I.  You were the one to declare your deleting all those PF
> post that were clogging up your mailbox, remember?  Or didn't you mean anything
> by that remark?  I'm just objecting to your public dishonesty, but you're free
> to have the last word...
> 
> David Morris
> 
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