ATD please include ATD + PAGE # + SUBJECT to avoid Spoilers

[Paul Mackin]

On Oct 29, 2006, at 11:56 AM, pynchonoid wrote:

> Most of us have common sense and can figure out when
> and if something is likely to be a SPOILER.  I don't
> if any of us can consistently keep in mind the effort
> not to offend or annoy other p-listers in this regard
> ("spoiling" a first reading of ATD), but it's really
> not that difficult if people just try to be
> considerate.
>
> I understand that this represents a major change of
> direction for many frequent, longtime p-listers,
> myself included.  If it's not apparent then I need to
> work harder at breaking the old, bad habits now that
> we actually have a new Pynchon novel to discuss -
> specifically, I'm not interested in pointless flame
> exchanges with the usual suspects and am doing my best
> to ignore the occasional brain-dead provacateur.

But don't knock it.  A lot of the time that was about all there was  
keeping the old p-list going.


>
> Spirited, civil discussion and debate - that's what
> I'm after here, plus help to make sense of the many
> references and allusions in Against the Day.
>
>
>
>
>
> --- Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Oct 29, 2006, at 10:36 AM, pynchonoid wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Including in the Subject ATD plus the PAGE NUMBER
>> of
>>> the post's reference and a SUBJECT that actually
>>> reflects the content of the post would be
>>> extra-archive friendly as well as making it easy
>> to
>>> avoid spoilers.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Fair enough generally,  but if I'd given the page
>> number in my post
>> of a minute ago I'd have revealed too much.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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