The fine art of missing the point

[Joe Allonby]

It might have been better to go for his "Rock stars against drugs - boy, do
they suck!" routine.

On 3/5/06, Sean Mannion <third_eye_unmoved at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> my objection has less to do with sacred cows than it does with applying
> intellectual nitcombs to the field of comedy.
>
> And yes, it is very, very trite.
>
> And yes, I did grasp full concept of the collective unconsciousness, even
> before you clairfied your point.
>
> And no, I don't think using the Hicks quote to support my belief that
> Barry
> Manilow qualifies as a musical equivalent of the Ebola virus really
> warranted a footnote on his mis-application of the concept.
>
>
>
> >From: Keith McMullen <schwitterz11 at netscape.net>
> >To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> >Subject: Re: The fine art of missing the point
> >Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 18:03:34 -0800
> >
> >Oh come on. It's not unfortunate for anyone, is it now? If you get what
> the
> >terms mean, the quote is pretty silly though. Sorry to quibble with a
> >sacred cow. Sloppy use of concepts is better ignored I suppose. I mean
> >ridding the world of fevered egos is a noble task, and it really is trite
> >to criticize such an effort because of a misuse of psychological
> >terminology. His heart and actions were in the right place for
> chrissakes!
> >Let's all get back to fighting fevered egos everywhere and not argue
> >amongst ourselves over jots and tittles.
> >
> >Back to my echinacea and green tea.
> >
> >>
> >>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....
> >
>
>
>
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