RE: the quiet life

i just thought everyone might be amused to know that i have begun
giving out this listserve address to my friends so that they may witness the
massive, pretentious, puerile comic spectacles that have become our 'threads.'
 "never have i seen such schoolyard emotions in grown men," i say, trying to
sell them on it. "Never have I seen such vindictiveness in civilized people!"

welp....fire away!

>===== Original Message From "John Gedsudski" <john_gedsudski@hotmail.com>
=====
>Gedsudski says
>>I love this list and look foward to reading more exciting posts every day.
>>It is so beneficial, so educational, to see how so many scholars and
>>faculty charm boys cannot, will not back up most of their views with
>>textual evidence on this list, especially on the rare occasion we discuss
>>elements of Salinger's work.
>>Seems they are lost in the world of interpretive decuntstructionism.
>
>Well, since I have made it clear my lack of understanding what
>"deconstruction" is, using a word like 'seems' suits this discussion.
>
>Then Yocum says:
>
>"Should John Omlor deign to stoop down and actually, extemporaneously,
>describe the ideas behind his irascible d word..."
>
>All indications point towards this not happening. Ever. Nonethless, I am
>pleased to see he has a knack for persuasive language, maybe I pick up some
>pointers and use them to expunge a clear definition of d from him someday.
>For now, he appears to regard me as someone not worthy of the requested
>elaboration. Interestingly, my academe-challenged status hasn't prevented
>his engagement, though.
>
>Lastly, Gedsudki laments
>
>"I take issue with the stance I have to be knowledgeable of [Derrida] before
>I criticize [Derrida]. I read his Greatest Hits many years ago, and that's
>all I need right now"
>
>Omlor would like this passage to reflect my lack of progress. How I may be a
>line-up-and-shoot-then-ask-questions-later type of reader.
>Some of my better posts refute this, while others support it.
>At least I take the time, make the effort to pull passages (whenever I am
>not pestered by nosey Ober-grunts) from the text to support my views.
>Moreover, a painful decent into the bedlam that was my Derrida experiences
>produced, I maintain, at least one pertinent question.
>I'm irked, to say the least, Omlor has ignored it. Not rhetorical.
>Straight-out. Gleaming and waiting to be hit like that new golf ball.
>
>Why can't a poem be closed, a "thing-in-itself"?
>
>An addendum suggested that isn't good enough for Omlor.
>For all we know, he's still consulting the ghost of Martin H.
>
>
>Cordially,
>
>
>John
>
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Received on Tue Mar 4 14:00:37 2003