VLVL Rex and the BLGVN

[Dave Monroe]

So you FINALLY see our point there, Robert?  Very
good.  Nice paper in the Pynchon Notes, by the way,
can't recall if I mentioned that earlier, will check
up on Patrick White soon as we've finished up with
Vineland.  Otto I think would enjoy it as well ...

--- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
> So, on planet otto, the word "crusade", which is in
> the text and does definitely relate to Christianity,
> which is also referred to in the passage, cannot
> possibly refer back to the historical crusades
> (which were an early manifestation of Western
> imperialism and as such most certainly paved a way
> for the rise of capitalism later on); and yet the
> word "homeland", used by Pynchon in reference to
> England during the Blitz in WWII in the Orwell
> 'Intro', must definitely refer to the US Homeland
> Security Act of 2003? See what I mean about double
> standards.


	
		
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