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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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