1984 Foreword "fascistic disposition"

[Paul Nightingale]

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> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On
> Behalf Of s~Z
> Sent: 01 May 2003 15:06
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: 1984 Foreword "fascistic disposition"
> 
> >>> I'm not sure what "reading between the lines" means. <<<
> 
> It means making up shit you think is in the text that isn't there but
is
> what you believe and want to see there then stating in no uncertain
terms
> that you are channeling Pynchon and everyone who disagrees with your
> reading
> is making up shit they think is in the text but isn't really there but
is
> just their bias polluting what you know to be the true reading because
you
> are objective and your objectivity is validated because you are
channeling
> Pynchon and are smarter and less biased and everyone else is just
juvenile
> and idiotic.
> 
> 
> 
Interesting. This is the second post in a matter of minutes that has
quoted me out of context in order to ignore the substance of what I
wrote. As an exercise in reading between the lines, however, the above
punctuation-free zone is indeed a tour-de-force.