Why not do a group read of THE great American novel? Moby-Dick?

[David Morris]

Who coulda known this meaning of yours?  Your style is to be provocative,
so you should expect hurt feelings.  Own that.

On Wednesday, April 16, 2014, alice malice <alicewmalice at gmail.com> wrote:

> Defamation my ass. Read the post again. Look at the list. What I said is
> that a fast fish, that is, a person who attaches herself to any of the
> parties in this conflict may find herself defending extremists and
> monomaniacal narcissists like Putin, positions, like the one taken by
> Bush/Obama-the expansion of NATO--a position you have identified as
> provocative and irresponsible and thus do not support etc....so, my advice
> is to remain a loose fish, to not take a fast position, not attach oneself
> to the ideological positions but dive deeper, read Melville etc. and
> consider the great complexity of it all.
>
> As far as I can tell, the only thing you've defended is your right to
> limit our use of adjectives.
>
> On Wednesday, April 16, 2014, Thomas Eckhardt <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de');>>
> wrote:
>
>> The highfalutin bs is taken for granted but with regard to my political
>> views your two consecutive posts amount to a defamation of character. How
>> dare you publicly call me a defender of the far right after I have
>> expressly critizised Western support for a government that includes
>> Svoboda? How dare you insinuate that I defend neo-Nazis?
>>
>> These are outright lies, and you know it.
>>
>> Now, where is this filter thingy...
>>
>>
>> Am 15.04.2014 13:02, schrieb alice malice:
>>
>>> Yes, a fast fish may find itself defending NATO expansion, Putin,
>>> fascists, even Neo-Nazis. Best to hang loose, dive deep, read The
>>> Whale.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Ian Livingston
>>> <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey, it's good to defy easy categorization. Welcome to freakdom, Thomas!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Thomas Eckhardt
>>>> <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ah, my fault. Should have resisted the urge to add a provocation to the
>>>>> compliment.
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 13.04.2014 12:18, schrieb alice malice:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Well, I'd rather not hear your German Nationalism and defense of the
>>>>>> far Right
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  From leftist to nationalist and supporter of the far right in a few
>>>>> weeks?
>>>>> Oh well.
>>>>>
>>>>> -
>>>>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  -
>>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>>>
>>>
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