GR evoking the Vietnam War?

[Paul Mackin]

On Fri, 2003-05-23 at 02:34, Dave Monroe wrote: 
> You wouldn't even need Doug or Otto or Paul N. or me
> in order to argue that Pynchon isn't alluding to,
> making reference to, whatever, the WTC attack et al. 
> Point being, again, it's hardly a stretch to see that
> as a possibility.  Here's how it began, but ...
> http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0304&msg=78539&sort=date
> 
> http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0304&msg=78541&sort=date
> 
> ... folowed shortly by Terrance and Morris.  Rob, of
> course, is rarely the first one out of the trenches. 
> But even without Doug--and I thought briefely about
> simply asking him NOT to comment

Then why for heaven sake didn't you? Not that even YOUR moral authority
could have been a deterrence.

> just so I could see
> who else'd rush out of the woodwork first--I have no
> doubt that Robert in particular would have rushed in
> with a premptive strike on any reading of the
> "Foreword" as aluding/referring/whatever to current
> events.  We're pretty damn predictable here.  I always
> intened to seal predictions and take bets, maybe start
> up a pool or somesuch, but ... 
> 
> -- Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
> > 
> > If y'all don't see what is so easy to see, w'all
> > have ways to make it easier for y'all.
> 
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