Watts article

[MalignD at aol.com]

> <<You've decided that Pynchon has made up these quotes, on no other basis 
> than that you don't think the way the speakers are speaking is authentic, or 
> "good", enough.>>
> 
No other basis?   How many times do I need to point out to you that my basis 
is that they cannot be authentic as used.   One cannot attribute a direct 
quote to "they."   One cannot attribute a direct quote to what one is likely to 
hear.   Such attributions can be nothing other than inauthentic.

<<The fact that inverted commas have been used does indicate that the words 
have been quoted, however.>>

Indicates, in context, nothing, other than slipshod, arguably dishonest 
journalism.


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