"fascistic disposition" paragraph

[barbara100 at jps.net]

From: "jbor" <jbor at bigpond.com>
If he had wished to address that particular day
> specifically, or even as part of the general allusion, then something like
> "the moment one's homeland comes under air attack" would have served the
> purpose.

Now how lame is that?! You're putting words in Pynchon's mouth. "The moment
one's homeland comes under air attack" vs. "the moment enemy bombs begin to
fall on one's homeland.
He would never say it your way. It has no beat, no rhythm, no flow. And it's
in passive voice!  Coming under "air" attack as opposed to the bombs having
a falling action of their own, on the homeland.  It's much crafter when
active. And our man is crafty...