The fine art of missing the point

[Sean Mannion]

I'm starting to wonder for whom 'the misunderstanding' is most unfortunate 
for. Then starting to  wonder if there's not more than one here.

I do not doubt, however, that if Bill Hicks had known there were grades at 
stake here, he'd probably have tried harder. Y'know. Just for you.

Still, that would've have been a great heckle - "Bill! you're misunderstood 
if you think the "ego" can actually taint the "collective unconscious"! it 
ain't like that man! you suck!"

Meanwhile, watch those tumbleweeds blow....


>From: Keith McMullen <schwitterz11 at netscape.net>
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>CC: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: The fine art of missing the point
>Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 16:08:54 -0800
>
>A dead, genius, comedian whose quote demonstrates an unfortunate 
>misunderstanding of the relationship between the "ego" and the "collective 
>unconscious." He's not the first so-called genius,  nor the first dead man, 
>to misuse those terms. The point isn't missed, it's just made quite poorly. 
>Of  course, that whole concetualization of ego/collective unconscious is 
>rather suspect. I'm surprised a genius would bother using them in the first 
>place. I gotta admit though, that quote is a real knee-slapper.
>
>joeallonby at gmail.com wrote:
>
>>Mr Hicks, he was a genius.
>>
>>On 3/2/06, John Carvill <JCarvill at algsoftware.com 
>><mailto:JCarvill at algsoftware.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     > Mr. Hicks doesn't quite grasp the concept of 'collective
>>     unconscious'
>>     > if he thinks it can be 'tainted' by the ego.
>>
>>     Mr Hicks, he dead.
>>
>>     Mr Hicks, he was a *comedian*.
>>
>>