re Re: re Re: re Re: chuckles re Playboy Japan interview, M&D's Washington

You're right. I can't deny it, if I'm going to be honest, I should as
deeply critical of my own performance as President of the USA as I am of
Bush's.

But that's probably not what you mean. You mean, I suppose, that I'm
pointing out in Bush only those same flaws and shortcomings I carry in my
self.  And that's probably true, God knows I have plenty of flaws and
shortcomings.

At the same time, it's also true that I'm not out there threatening entire
nations with nuclear destruction, either, or sending armies into combat to
die for causes that at the same time enrich my family through my
investments in defense-related businesses, or systematically instituting a
police state with an ongoing assault on civil liberties under the guise of
a phony war on terrorism, and so on.

s~Z:
>My point is that I agree with you that every time you point fingers at
>someone you are actually talking about yourself. I believe you made that
>point several hundred posts back, i.e., about 5 minutes ago.

Nobody's forcing you to read and/or respond to anything on Pynchon-L.
You've made this point several times yourself now, too. File it under "Pot
Calls Kettle Black"

;)