Ethical Diversions

[Dave Monroe]

When Robt. gets bitchy, it's about me or Milliosn.  He
isn't so reckless with anyone else.  Again, this all
fell into EXACTLY the typical pattern, with us left to
have THIS discussion as well.  Why Robt. gets
hysterical at the mere mention of the Holocaust vis a
vis Pynchon, I don't know, but nor do I impute any
sinister sympathies to him, either, so ...

--- Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
 
> On Jun 16, 2006, at 5:18 PM, Dave Monroe wrote:
> 
> > Usual pattern.  I post something,
> 
> Nine times out of ten it's about you, isn't it?

Again, see above ...
 
> > Robt. gets sniffy
> 
> Least of his problem.

Well, it's actuallu the WORST of mine here, so ...
 
> > about it, then disappears back behind teh curtain
> > whilst David and, alas, Paul at least attempt to
> > do his dirty work for him.
> 
> In case you hadn't noticed Paul and Robt. dispise
> each other.

Are you taklking about yrself in the third person
here?  Just so there's no misunderstanding ...

> > It doesn't have to be this way, esp. when it
> > comes down to simply bringing to the List's
> > attention legitimate scholarship.
> 
> You wouldn't know it if you saw it.

Now, when I'm insulting, I'm ridiculosuly, perhaps
even entertainingly so.  In my Daffy Duck mode, if you
will.  Hopefully so y'all'll recognize that I'm not
really a mean guy.  But one thing i'd never do, at
least purposefully, is accuse anyone of a lack of
intelligence.  Esp. not here.  But I don't care how
many years (life, school, whatever) some of y'all
might have on me, I've never felt for a moment
inferior here.  Nor superior.  We're a smart bunch,
this here Pynchon List.  But one thing I'm fairly
certain of, I've done a lot more "academic" reading
than many, if not most.  Lit crit, history,
anthropology, film, music, pop culture, science, what
have you (philosophy, though, being perhaps a
comparitively weak area for me).  The "good," the
"bad," the "ugly," the whatever ...

Menwhile, one thing I don't do as a rule is bicker
with something I not only haven't even read, but don't
even have at hand so's I can at leats jump right in
...
 
> You're all heart, Dave.

I do and do and do for you kids ...

> > But, dammit, it's uncomfortable up here ...
> 
> Up where? Where are you? Wave or something.

How many fingers am I holding up?  Okay, then ...

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