Ethical Diversions

[Paul Mackin]

On Jun 21, 2006, at 12:34 PM, Dave Monroe wrote:

> Neither Pynchon nor his readers, however, can plead
> ignorance.  And that's the important part there ...

Oboyoboy here's my chance to pile on Dave and agree with jbor.

But please note everybody I'm not going to do.

I remain completely neutral on the  question.

Don't have the foggiest of who is right and who is  wrong.

Reformedly,

P.

>
> You might, however, want to consider your (vastly
> revised, and, in my opinion, vastly improved, over the
> years) take on all this in light of Orban's comments
> about Weisenburger.  Or maybe I will, who knows ...
>
> --- jbor at bigpond.com wrote:
>>
>> I agree that the other uses of the noun "holocaust"
>> (small "h") in the novel carry with them a reminder
>> for the reader of the Holocaust (capital "H"). It
> will
>> always be a loaded word for us. But it wasn't a
>> loaded word at the time when the events being
>> described in the novel were happening ...
>
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