[Peace-discuss] wish there were more

[C. G. Estabrook]

Thomas Pynchon's wonderful novel /V/. (which I read on my honeymoon) has a 
character called Eigenvalue:

"Perhaps history this century, thought Eigenvalue, is rippled with gathers in 
its fabric such that if we are situated, as Stencil seemed to be, at the bottom 
of a fold, it's impossible to determine warp, woof, or pattern anywhere else. By 
virtue, however, of existing in one gather it is assumed there are others, 
compartmented off into sinuous cycles each of which had come to assume greater 
importance than the weave itself and destroy any continuity. Thus it is that we 
are charmed by the funny-looking automobiles of the '30's, the curious fashions 
of the '20's, the particular moral habits of our grandparents. We produce and 
attend musical comedies about them and are conned into a false memory, a phony 
nostalgia about what they were. We are accordingly lost to any sense of 
continuous tradition. Perhaps if we lived on a crest, things would be different. 
We could at least see."


On 7/5/11 9:12 PM, "E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森" wrote:
> Not everything wrong with
> your country and the world
> can be blamed on
> rednex and neokonz.
>
> But those are an example of the
> "studied ignorance" factor that does
> get a huge eigenvalue.
>
>
> On 07/06/11 2:15, Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
>> Sounds like FL Ave was a microcosm of everything wrong w/ our country and 
>> world. Sorry you had to go thru that on our/AWARE's behalf, and THANKS AGAIN 
>> for marching. Grateful that the police were there to protect you. We 
>> criticize them for perceived lapses but take the good things they do for 
>> granted. They have my heartfelt thanks on this.
>>  --Jenifer
>>
>> --- On *Tue, 7/5/11, lois steinberg /<lsteinbe at illinois.edu>/* wrote:
>>
>>
>>     From: lois steinberg <lsteinbe at illinois.edu>
>>     Subject: [Peace-discuss] wish there were more
>>     To: peace-discuss at anti-war.net
>>     Date: Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 12:49 PM
>>
>>     Dear All,
>>
>>     It was great to march in the parade. I wish there were more of us. The
>>     crowd along Florida Avenue was not receptive. One threw a can at us. The
>>     police had a talk with them and then 2 police people were riding
>>     alongside us after that. Some WWII looking vets were receptive. One
>>     person said we should keep digging for more oil. How sad. Of course when
>>     we turned the corner along Lincoln it was fun to get some applause.
>>
>>     Lois
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