Zoyd

[Robin Landseadel]

On Aug 22, 2009, at 5:19 AM, John Carvill wrote:

>> Why would anybody want to turn Pynchon into some kind of a neo-con  
>> apologist anyway?
>
> Heh. I dunno, but I've seen such attempts being made. Not today
> though. I don't think that's what T is doing, not that I'm ever realy
> sure what he *is* doing. Tis no dope, but neither  is he much good at
> making coherent points.

He's arguing that Zoyd is morally equivalent to Brock Vond, In doing  
so he is blatantly. stupidly, wrong. One can trumpet one's background  
reading in all them Jamses to their heart's content, but if they can't  
connect the dots, they're stupid. William Kristol is a fine example of  
this syndrome.

Andrew Sullivan's favored quotation from George Orwell applies  
particularly well in this instance:

"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle."