Hi Michael, To be fair, I have not read his books or any other papers written by Burroughs. And though 'yuck' is a dimwitted word, it was the most he inspired. He seemed a witless and very sad little man. And those guns? I was astonished that so many musicians and creative types worshipped him.
Marsha On Nov 22, 2012, at 1:58 PM, "Michael R. Brown" <[email protected]> wrote: > Marsha, > > What elicited your YUCK!!! response about Burroughs? One can say YUCK!!! > about anything. ; ) > > Burroughs has to be understood as not just a straight man - he's playing > multiple games. > > In Pirisigian terms, you could look at him as taking SQ so far it > self-destructs. > > > MRB > > On 11/22/2012 2:01 AM, MarshaV wrote: >> Michael, >> >> I had never heard of William Burroughs, and being curious as to what might >> be seen as valuable to MD men I just watched 'William S. Burroughs: A Man >> Within'. YUCK!!! I found the whole scene presented in this documentary >> depressing and low-value. Is Burroughs suppose to represent a man of >> excellence? Yuck! Yuck! Yuck!!! >> >> >> Marsha > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
