Subject: RE: bananafish-digest V1 #291
From: Malcolm Lawrence (Malcolm@wolfenet.com)
Date: Wed May 14 1997 - 01:41:10 GMT
>I think the principal objection is not so much to the sarcasm (or
>disrespect or abrasiveness) of these odd posts (not the one above, but the
>one Glions refers to) as it is to the people who send them and the manner
>in which they do so. It typically is someone who's never posted before
>and who rarely posts a follow up. someone, in other words, not interested
>in a dialectic of any sort. Someone who might even be the vicitim of a
>terminal left unattended long enough for a practical joke. But the most
>recent post didn't seem to have any sort of dialogue in mind. It was
>self-contained and solipsistic. had someone who participates on the list
>sent it, the outcome would likely have been much different.
I agree with Matt. I mean, even though it's certainly no wonder that a
Salinger list should attract every anti-socialite in geekdom, the ones
we're talking about invariably never drop "hello" messages, lurk for a
month or two, get drunk on Woolite one night and unleash a few sarcastic
witticisms, then vomit up their discontent with this list without ever
having the guts to bring up any salient point themselves, then fuck off
never to be heard of again. Oh, how amusing.
How enlightening.
Malcs
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