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Paul Mackin paul.mackin at verizon.net
Wed Nov 8 17:41:06 CST 2006


On Nov 8, 2006, at 5:57 PM, Carvill John wrote:

>> You might as well ask, why  write about a  War that killed 20  
>> million  people?
>
> Hey, I don't wanna argue, but that is 5 day old baloney.........
>
> I guess some find scenes of that nature, breaking one of *the*  
> taboos of human civilisation, more upsetting and disturbuing than  
> depictions of war. Yes, there is (maybe) an allegorical/symbolic  
> dimension, but what I am saying is 'even so, why does Pynchon seem  
> to keep exhibiting an interest in this subject'. Sure, maybe he is  
> just using it as a way of illustrating the theme of a world gone  
> wrong, but personally I'd rather he wouldn't!
>
> No need to be aggresive.

sorry if I was aggressive.


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