Ethical Diversions

[Keith McMullen]

The reason best gets all hysterical is because the way that the 
Holocaust is dealt with in GR is pretty clear, and there has been a lot 
of twisting of the text in that regard. It is just SO maddening. I feel 
a dither coming on just thinking about it. People just so don't get 
Pynchon. It's hard for those of who do.

monropolitan at yahoo.com wrote:

>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 ...
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>--- Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
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>>On Jun 16, 2006, at 5:18 PM, Dave Monroe wrote:
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>>>Usual pattern.  I post something,
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>>Nine times out of ten it's about you, isn't it?
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>Again, see above ...
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>>>Robt. gets sniffy
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>>Least of his problem.
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>Well, it's actuallu the WORST of mine here, so ...
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>>>about it, then disappears back behind teh curtain
>>>whilst David and, alas, Paul at least attempt to
>>>do his dirty work for him.
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>>In case you hadn't noticed Paul and Robt. dispise
>>each other.
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>Are you taklking about yrself in the third person
>here?  Just so there's no misunderstanding ...
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>>>It doesn't have to be this way, esp. when it
>>>comes down to simply bringing to the List's
>>>attention legitimate scholarship.
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>>You wouldn't know it if you saw it.
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>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 ...
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>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
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>>You're all heart, Dave.
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>I do and do and do for you kids ...
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>>>But, dammit, it's uncomfortable up here ...
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>>Up where? Where are you? Wave or something.
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>How many fingers am I holding up?  Okay, then ...
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