VLVL2 (13) 3: Round wire rims with ND-I filters for lenses

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In a message dated 2/12/2004 10:48:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
paul.mackin at verizon.net writes:

> this is tongue in cheek I presume

Perfectly serious. think "feminine aspect" if you feel the need to
be included in those responsible civilization- as in that which
Brock is scared to death of.


> In the human species, mating preferences as they apply to perpetuating
> the species and mating as it applies to sexual gratification can be two
> distinct things. Frenesi doesn't have children with Brock (the presumed
> type A) but with Zoyd and Flash (horses of a different color).
> 
> Isn't there a danger here of trying to analyze these youth as mature
> adults, or even adults at all? Pynchon provides a kinds of mock gravity
> to their revolutionary undertakings but surely the reader is not
> deceived. (occasionally even they are referred to as children)
> 
> 

Can be, but the attraction is irrational, unlike birth control devices.
No more danger than trying to ascribe competence to certain people
in high political office, I would think.

respectfully
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