RE: JD Who?
Byrd, Steven T (BYRDS@papa.uncp.edu)
Wed, 28 Jul 1999 13:57:56 +0000
Bravo and thank you
On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Sean Draine (Exchange) wrote:
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> The value I see in this list is that it attracts people who like Salinger,
> and in my experience, these folks tend make up an interesting, intelligent,
> heterogeneous group, with great potential for interesting conversations
> about a wide variety of topics.
>
> Imagine inviting all of these splendid souls over for drinks and then
> explaining to them that the only subject they may discuss is Salinger. It
> would be awefully boring of you to do so, and it would be even more boring
> for you to run around from circle to circle trying to enforce your mandate,
> and it would be incredibly OBNOXIOUS for you to inform a circle that their
> conversation is "rubbish", but more to the point, it just wouldn't work.
> People would discuss whatever the fuck they wanted to, including Salinger.
>
> -Sean
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scottie Bowman [mailto:rbowman@indigo.ie]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 11:55 PM
> To: Bananafish
> Subject: JD Who?
>
>
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> When you consider the absolute avalanche of rubbish
> over the past week or two - from my own senile flatulence
> on the one hand to the generalised infantile hyperemesis
> on the other - isn't it rather obvious that, on this list,
> enthusiasm can be generated for almost any topic under
> the sun EXCEPT the writing of JD Salinger?
>
> It's like belonging to a church where the clap-happy
> Christians will play you their guitars & tambourines,
> campaign for gay rights, sell you holidays to the Dead Sea,
> enlist Christers for Clinton - do virtually anything to avoid
> a consideration of the words & life of Jesus of Nazareth.
>
> Maybe the time has come to admit honestly that,
> for most of us here, he's really an extinct volcano whose
> modest oeuvre has now been wrung dry of all further
> possible comment.
>
> Scottie B.
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