NP? modernity, terrorism, truth and relevance?

[Otto]

And just because the issue isn't simple the death penalty is so stupid.
Am 26.04.2013 17:56 schrieb <malignd at aol.com>:

> Perhaps.  If creeping senility is my problem, there's probably little I
> can do for it.  But what exactly are you saying?  This person planted a
> bomb meant to maim people -- and succeeded handsomely -- and you feel sorry
> for him?  What exactly are you trying to say?  Again, I suggest you go
> express your sorrow to the victims. A hypothetical, clearly, but would you
> have the balls?  I doubt it ...
>
> You are increasingly sounding like Clint Eastwood talking to a chair.
>  Just sayin'
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> To: malignd <malignd at aol.com>
> Cc: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Fri, Apr 26, 2013 1:12 am
> Subject: Re: NP? modernity, terrorism, truth and relevance?
>
>  You are increasingly sounding like Clint Eastwood talking to a chair.
>  Just sayin'
>
> On Thursday, April 25, 2013, wrote:
>
>> You feel sorry for this piece of shit?  Maybe you should travel to Boston
>> and express your feelings to those limbless victims he intentionally
>> destroyed.  Fuck you.
>>
>> Dz seems a tragic consequence of big brother/father cult influence.  I
>> feel sorry for him.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>> To: bandwraith <bandwraith at aol.com>
>> Cc: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Sent: Tue, Apr 23, 2013 10:58 pm
>> Subject: Re: NP? modernity, terrorism, truth and relevance?
>>
>>  Dz seems a tragic consequence of big brother/father cult influence.  I
>> feel sorry for him.
>>
>> On Tuesday, April 23, 2013, wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bandwraith <bandwraith at aol.com>
>> To: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Sent: Tue, Apr 23, 2013 7:31 am
>> Subject: Re: NP? modernity, terrorism, truth and relevance?
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>>  Sorry, mal, I must have over looked this last evening.
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>> It is so hard to see anything good or even human in the actions of the
>> Tsarnaev brothers. Trying to understanding them seems alomost self-hating.
>> Your "Who knew?"- more about my simplistic testosterone comment- seems
>> really more to the point about Dzhokhar's persona. Of all the people who
>> did know him and interact with him prior to the horrendus events, that I
>> heard interviewed, not one of them could believe he could have been capable
>> of such a monstrous lack of empathy. He seems truly Other than "We."
>>
>> The system may put him to death, or no, we'll see, but that's all after
>> the fact. What new barometers will be devised, and how will they be
>> applied, for measuring the potential danger of people who otherwise seem so
>> normal? I find the prospects troubling.
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: malignd malignd at aol.com
>> To: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Sent: Mon, Apr 22, 2013 6:28 pm
>> Subject: Re: NP? modernity, terrorism, truth and relevance?
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>> <<I think many agree- physically, he's not hard to look at.>>
>>
>>  He's a murderer but hey! he's cute!  And sociable!  Cut the kid some
>> slack!
>>
>>  <<Men, in general, are more prone to aggression and violence, much of
>> that due testosterone.>>
>>
>>  Who knew?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bandwraith <bandwraith at aol.com>
>> To: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Sent: Sun, Apr 21, 2013 6:14 pm
>> Subject: Re: NP? modernity, terrorism, truth and relevance?
>>
>>  Dzhokhar is especially troubling and difficult to understand. I think
>> many agree- physically, he's not hard to look at. From what I've read and
>> heard, he's bright and sociable. He seemed to have alot going for him.
>> Maybe there is more about him that will come out. Until then, it's an
>> enigma.
>>
>> Men, in general, are more prone to aggression and violence, much of that
>> due testosterone. It's tough to say whether background checks would have
>> been useful in this case, but they might have been, given the older
>> brother's encounter with the FBI. Of course, that's part of the reason why
>> extremists of any stripe are resisting them.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: kelber <kelber at mindspring.com>
>> To: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Sent: Sun, Apr 21, 2013 4:57 pm
>> Subject: Re: NP? modernity, terrorism, truth and relevance?
>>
>>  It's much easier politically to connect the Boston Marathon bombers
>> with al Qaeda-style terrorism, than to connect them to the mentally ill
>> (i.e. without apparent ideology) gunmen from Columbine to Newton. But
>> surely young men who amass huge arsenals of weapons, for whatever reason,
>> must have some psychological similarities.
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