Re: a watching brief
Andy Wishart (wishy@nettaxi.com)
Thu, 06 Aug 1998 17:40:21 +0000 (GMT)
>Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 08:49:19 +0000
>From: Scottie Bowman <bowman@mail.indigo.ie>
>To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
>Subject: a watching brief
>Message-ID: <0EX90074UCJMUC@acf3.nyu.edu>
>
>
> Our own JD raises the suspicion - which has been mentioned=20
> on the list before - that the other JD, the Great JD, could himself=20
> be a member.
>
> To judge by the prim disapproval which has so swiftly met=20
> Joyce Maynard's revelations, the suspicion must be quite widespread.=20
> And the hushed, respectful tones which `mr. salinger' is referred=20
> to reminds me of nothing so much as the furtive nervousness with=20
> which the Catholic members of the class used to cross themselves=20
> when one of the naughty atheists stood up & challenged God to strike=20
> him down with lightning.
=46inally. Thank you. I was beginning to despair that amongst the
musings here, this list was really just pixellated genuflection. I
sensed a little muted disapproval (between the lines) when I mentioned
the angry pic a while back and while I don't suppose everyone here
marches to the same tune, I worried that if I ever wanted to make my
occasional voice heard, I'd have to be (over)careful not to diss the
man.
Obviously, I admire much of Salinger's work, but I draw a fairly heavy
line these days at worrying overmuch about his sensibilities.
--=20
Cheers,
Andy