Gosh when I joined the list all we were talking about was whether Franny was pregnant! >---------- >From: Dr Samsa[SMTP:DrSamsa@aol.com] >Sent: Sunday, 7 December 1997 7:17 >To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu >Subject: Re: Mr. Antolini > >I just joined this list expecting to hear some very intelligent thoughts on >the works of one of my favorite authors, only to find a mailbox crammed full >of pseudo intellectual rantings on homosexuality. Now, I'm sure this is all >big fun, and far be it from a newcomer to puff up his chest and attempt to >direct traffic, but so far this list is nothing but a treatise for >hairsplitting political and social vanity. Is Salinger homophobic? None of >us know, and most of us don't care. All we do know is that Holden Caulfield >certainly didn't go for that "flity" stuff and Antolini's actions are >certainly perculiar enough to give Holden some reservations. So let's talk >about Salinger, pretty please? >