the debate

[pynchonoid]

I have to agree with Quail, this is one of the dumbest
P-list debates yet, and there have been some dumb ones
in the past.  And the silliest part of it is the way
that a few P-listers have repeatedly insisted that
readers who observe the 9-11/Homeland Security/etc
reference in Pynchon's choice of the word "homeland"
and the "fascistic disposition" paragraph are denying
other meanings and references of the word "homeland"
in the text. That's not true, of course, since nobody
on Pynchon-L has said anything like that.  All readers
in the present discussion have agreed on the more
general references of "homeland", while a few have
insisted that Pynchon cannot be referring to 9-11 and
the post-9-11 scene, and have used this restrictive
reading as a springboard to insult those who read it
this way.  I'm not sure what these voices gain by such
a stragey, except to transform a simple disagreement
into an argument -- par for the course on Pynchon-L,
of course. 


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