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[Paul Mackin]

On Mar 19, 2007, at 1:43 PM, Ya Sam wrote:

> I think Joseph T is being sarcastic here. Otherwise, the invitation  
> 'to shut up' looks a bit flamebatish. And what's wrong with Robin  
> sending all this info on George Bush being depicted as the governor  
> of Jeshimon? Maybe it's obvious to American P-listers, but I, for  
> example, although not being such an ignoramus, didn't know that  
> during Bush's stint as the governor, in Texas there had been  
> executed the greatest number of convicts, and I learned it from  
> Robin's messages, so what's the harm? How about Italian P-listers  
> accusing you of posting something about Venice that is painfully  
> obvious to them?

Fair enough.  The p-list is a diverse group and no one size fits all.  
However consider the American Pynchon reader too. We live with and  
are governed by our present run-amuck government day in and day out.  
Just as Pynchon does and is too of course. So o o o , it really seems  
a little bit silly to think anyone would find it worthwhile pointing  
out a few obvious Bush jokes. But this is minor thing and Robin has  
every right and maybe he was right to point certain things out for  
the benefit of non-Americans.
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But what's unbelievable to my way of thinking the idea that a talent  
like Pynchon's would spend ten years writing a thousand page primer  
for political novices on  the evils and problems of capitalism.  
Moreover, if he'd actually wanted to do such a thing,  he could have  
made the problems and evils a lot worse than their comic  
representation in AtD.
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