So what? What else is new? So what Wei. So what. Get a life Wei. Get a bleeding life. M Deporres On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 07:39:38 GMT En Lin Wei <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > JB wrote: > > <<if my position was any clearer, I'd be a stone etching. . . .>> > > I think your position could be stated more clearly, using quotations from > Pound's work, from Pound's sources, or from historians who wrote about the > periods covered in certain cantos. > > Correct me if I am wrong, but I do not believe you have produced any > evidence (and very few arguments) to sustain your position. > > You seem to be offended by the posting of any significant amount of material > which challenges your viewpoint. Why? Why should you take personally an > analysis of the ideological, political, and social implications of Ezra > Pound's work? > > Why should you take offense simply because the evidence I present, or my > interpretation of said evidence, contradicts your view? > > This is a DISCUSSION LIST, after all. Any worthwhile discussion will > inevitably involve the contemplation of viewpoints which differ from ones > own. > > There should be no difficulty in looking at Pound's writing and coming to > different conclusions regarding its significance. What for instance should > we make of this quote: > > > And as an American I do NOT want to see my country > annihilatin' the population of Iceland, as the British > annihilated the Maoris. And as for the Australians, they > deserve a Nippo-Chinese invasion. Criminals were their > granddads, and their contribution to civilization is not so > much as to merit even a Jewish medal. Why the heck > the Chinese and the Japs don't combine and drive that > dirt out of Australia, and set up a bit of civilization in those > parts, is for me part of the mystery of the orient. > And in any case I do NOT want my compatriots from > the ages of 20 to 40 to go git slaughtered to keep up the > Sassoon and other British Jew rackets in Singapore and > in Shanghai. That is not my idea of American patriotism. > (Doob, 21). > > This passage could be interpreted in any number of ways, and it touches on > several important issues, having to do with imperialism, Pound's views on > British, Chinese, Japanese, Australian and American culture, how notion of > "patriotism", and his attitudes toward Jews. > > Come to your own conclusion of course. But please put forward, some > evidence, some quotes, or some arguments if want your position to be > clearer. > > Regards, > > Wei > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com