"one's homeland"

[Paul Nightingale]

Yes you did debate several issues with me, and I seem to recall that, at
the time, you accepted the validity of the narrative approach I adopted.
So it does disappoint me somewhat to find you now echoing jbor's
deficient-reader line, which of course he has just repeated, having
nothing constructive to offer. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On
> Behalf Of Terrance
> Sent: 13 May 2003 13:30
> To: s~Z
> Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: "one's homeland"
> 
> 
> 
> s~Z wrote:
> >
> > >>> Paul N. made the "narrative" argument. Dave Monroe made the
"irony"
> > argument. <<<
> >
> > In my reading of Paul N. and Dave's arguments, I saw neither coming
to
> the
> > conclusion that P. was calling Bush a fascist nor criticizing the
> aftermath
> > of 9/11.
> 
> Perhaps you deleted some posts unread. I know I did. Maybe I misread
> Dave and Paul, but I read Paul's posts pretty carefully because I
> debated several issues with him.
> 
> 
> I thought they both came to the conclusion that P. was noncommittal
> > regarding such specifics. I have seen no one go through the
passage(s)
> point
> > by point and come up with clarity regarding Pynchon's view about
post-
> 9/11
> > America. I have just seen people going "Oh come one you nitpicking
> fools.
> > It's right there as obvious as day."
> 
> 
> Yeah, at the end of the day this seems to be (after a point by point)
> the crux of the biscuit. Either you have the magic eye or you don't.