regarding the Rainbow, and its constituents, namely Mr. Morris.

[David Morris]

You know about the "but"  that precedes the zing?

Your's is as hollow as they get.  Flesh please.  Shallow snipes are not
worth your own post.

On Wednesday, September 26, 2012, Bled Welder wrote:

> Do you know what mildly interests me about you Mr. Morris?
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> I think that, as a quality of character, about you, that this is fairly
> compatitble with genuine curiosity, which I'm about to approach--
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> You are a Rainbow scholar.  I've heard some of your opinions, and I
> respect your opinions.  In fact as far as I remember I may as well as agree
> with them.  Your opinions of Rainbow are well thought and profound and I
> believe they have a resonance of truth about them that anyone who disagrees
> should tread very carefully with you.
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> But you don't like Pynchon's other work.  And this *too* is fine, I
> reckon.  While I don't personally care for parsing out what's-what in
> Pynchonlandonianiequalimonium--Pynchon is Pynchon, to me--I can very much
> understand your view.
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> And I should, before I say anything else, I want you to know, that I have
> *always* dug you.  I still do.  You are Humphrey Bogart in a tutu.  "Just
> the facts."  It's frikkin awesome.
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> But the thing is, and I say this because I know it's a *real* good point,
> and I know others will see it too and begin to understand it.  Which is
> what I'm trying to do, my friend.  The thing *is*:
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> Your personality, in my opinion, is in distinct contradisctinction to the
> *spirit* of the Rainbow.  How can this *be?*
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