Re: Shallow Intellectual Drivel on this List
Mistalina (beatific@hempseed.com)
Sat, 01 Aug 1998 16:19:28
At 02:56 PM 8/1/98 -0400, you wrote:
> I haven't been a member of this list all that long, and joined it (to put it
>bluntly) simply because most of my friends are getting rather sick of the
fact
>that I tend to answer questions with quotes from The Catcher in the Rye, and
>the fact that I always relate everything right back to it.
> It seems to me, though, that any mockery that goes on here is in good humor,
>and isn't meant to intentionally hurt anyone. That may happen sometimes, but
>it appears inadvertant. Although the members of this list are apparently all
>rather different people, there is apparently a binding force. And that's
been
>enough so far to at least keep me interested. Or maybe it's the differences
>that keep me interested. That actually seems a little more likely, now
that I
>think about it.
> Conclusion: The love of Salinger has brought us together, and our
>differences in opinion keep us here (or drive some people away screaming, but
>hey, what can you do?).
>
> Ellen
Welcome, Ellen! And well put. I couldn't agree more.
Misty
but look at Faulkner, he not only said the same thing over and
over but he said the same
place
--Charles Bukowski