ATD SPOILER p. 95

[Jasper Fidget]

I sent this this morning but there appears to have been a network
disturbance.  Sorry if duplicating.

-------- Forwarded Message --------
> To: Pynchon-L <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Subject: Re: ATD SPOILER p. 95
> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:08:48 -0500
> 

On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 15:15 -0800, pynchonoid wrote:
> 
> Generous of you, pardner.  I realized some folks need
> things spelled out in a very simple way, otherwise
> they don't seem to be able to handle much nuance. I
> forget that p-list S.O.P. calls for people like you to
> immediately start exaggerating and mischaracterizing
> just because that's the thing to do on the p-list. 
> So, when I suggested that, in describing a character
> in an Anarchist family who dreams of blowing up
> himself and others with a bomb, that ATD might
> possibly be speaking to the world in which we live as
> well as writing about the time period in which its
> characters live, that calls for a braindead insult - a
> "worthless" interpretation I think was the label -
> instead of picking up the thread and talking about it,
> in agreement or disagreement, taking it in a new
> direction, etc. None of that happens when you step in
> and dump on what was, after all, a comment intended to
> promote thought and discussion, not to close it off.
> 

Now I get it: you were upset that I disparaged your post.  I offhandedly
said it wasn't worth discussing (not "worthless" but why quibble) and
that sent you off into your rage of insults.  I said it because I
honestly didn't think it was worth discussing -- clearly others
disagreed -- but I admit I may have been cavalier in the manner I
expressed it.  Your apparent sense of disrespect was not my intention.

As to the wiki, I agree it is a valuable and worthwhile resource,
especially in keeping track of annotations and references.  I do not
think debatable interpretations belong there, but again, others
disagree.

There, now will you apologize to my brain?  It doesn't like being called
dead.  It's very sensitive about that.