"fascistic disposition" paragraph

[jbor]

> On Mon, 12 May 2003, barbara100 at jps.net wrote:
> 
>> 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. 

Planes aren't bombs, Barbara. And they didn't "fall".

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