Trolling (was Re: ATD: cover seal)

[Paul Mackin]

On Nov 1, 2006, at 2:40 PM, davemarc wrote:

> From: Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net>
>
>> On Nov 1, 2006, at 12:41 PM, davemarc wrote:
>>
>>> MalignD, Millison, Morris--
>>
>> Have to  object to this  grouping.
>>
>> We all have our faults but surely no one in the history of the p-list
>> has ever come within
>> an order of magnitude of inflicting upon the rest of us the kind of
>> pedestrian drivel Doug
>> has through the years.
>>
> I grouped them together because they're all involved in exchanging  
> insults
> in front of the rest of us. It's a pathetic display that, with each  
> passing
> year, seems more and more pathological.
>
> I think Doug is one of the most knowledgeable Pynchon readers on  
> the list
> and I think the mockery he got after generously bringing the  
> Playboy Japan
> item to our attention and even supplying a translation remains a  
> low point
> here--just the sort of thing that could discourage subscribers from  
> being
> full participants. I've also been, um, appalled by insults Doug  
> leveled at
> Paul--and that's the sort of thing that bugs me. I wish it would stop,
> from all corners. Enough already.
>
> d.
>
Of course  you have a right  to your opinions  but I couldn't  
disagree with them more.

P.