Re: Hand clap Zen koan

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In a message dated 98-11-06 07:56:32 EST, you write:

<< Well ... can't we? As is `obviously he put it there for *some* reason?'
 That's certainly not claiming any big dibs on authorial intent. Either he
 put it there for some reason or he put it there for no reason. And you
 could argue this point, but I think Salinger rarely does anything for no
 reason. >>

Camille that's not what I was saying at all. God everyone on this list is so
opinionated! It's not my place to say whether he does for a specific reason or
not but I don't think claiming knowledge to the reason is our right. I don't
CARE if you guess at it, that's cool, I just was saying I don't think we can
say "obviously he put it there because..." I think it was the "obvious" that
annoyed me. That's just sounded to me like "oh, of course everyone can see
that I"M RIGHT". That's all.

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