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Temper!, v. 1, issue 1,May 1945
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TEMPER, A Magazine of Current Comment Page 5 ON EPode "...The Ezra Pound affair seems rather muddily handled, but I do not see any justification for book-burning simply because the author has avowed fascist leanings. I still prefer to see that kind of crap exposed by refutations disproving it. On the other hand, I cannot see condoning fascism on the part of any person because in the past he has made cultural contributions. To my mind Pound, and all of the collaborationists, deserve only extinction as enemies of all mankind-- and the sincerity of their ideals is reciprocally a measure of their enmity to progress, and in direct proportion to that sincerity should be the swiftness with which extinction is meted out..." Dan Zissman EM3/C, U.S.N.R. "...Clever barbarian, your friend Mr. Blish. True enough, I would not boycott Wagner or Strauss. On the contrary, I listen from the depths of my soul to 'Tristan;' I read Nietzche and Machiavelli (who knows? even EP, as a rare intellectual pursuit). The music I love because I love music, and the literature because I love literature, and because I do not judge a work of art by the face or politics of its creator. ...I admire Nietzche's work while I am engaged in a life-and-death struggle against his doctrine, but I am prepared to kill the man who would force me to live by his teachings..." Capt. Jack B. Emden, A.A.F. On Hodd River, Oregon "Spring has come to Hood River, but it serves no useful purpose except to remind me of what it's like in New York. Fifth Avenue in the morning, or the Village, or Central Park, or Riverside Drive. Oh you lucky people. There are two bars in Hood River. There are also two pool-rooms, one behind each bar. There is one movie house, open for one matinee and two evening performances. To the south of the town we have hills, and to the north, a river. On a windy day, you can spit from the hills to the river. There are sixteen churches, one for every 225 of the population. Said population includes one town idiot, who drives a garbage truck, and is renowned for his kindness to children and a bill he once allegedly presented: "2 cums, 2 goes @ 50 [cent] a went--$2." We also have one artist, a landscape painter named Percy Manser, as well as a sign- and poster- artist of the same name. We have two weekly newspapers, both fiercely devoted to the twin causes of illiteracy and Republicanism. We have Lions, Elks, Rotarians, and other wild life in profusion. We believe that our youth must be safeguarded against the evils of modern radicalism. We do not like the Japanese because they breed so fast. We believe in life (within limits), liberty (but not license), and the pursuit of happiness (speed limit , 25 miles an hour). We are 100% Americans, and we often say so. Besides the Japanese, we do not like Jews, Negroes, or Mexicans, the latter of course being not even 1% American. We suspect that Russia is up to something; the English are snooty; the French are immoral; and the Chinks are probably no better than the Japs..." damon knight in oregon
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TEMPER, A Magazine of Current Comment Page 5 ON EPode "...The Ezra Pound affair seems rather muddily handled, but I do not see any justification for book-burning simply because the author has avowed fascist leanings. I still prefer to see that kind of crap exposed by refutations disproving it. On the other hand, I cannot see condoning fascism on the part of any person because in the past he has made cultural contributions. To my mind Pound, and all of the collaborationists, deserve only extinction as enemies of all mankind-- and the sincerity of their ideals is reciprocally a measure of their enmity to progress, and in direct proportion to that sincerity should be the swiftness with which extinction is meted out..." Dan Zissman EM3/C, U.S.N.R. "...Clever barbarian, your friend Mr. Blish. True enough, I would not boycott Wagner or Strauss. On the contrary, I listen from the depths of my soul to 'Tristan;' I read Nietzche and Machiavelli (who knows? even EP, as a rare intellectual pursuit). The music I love because I love music, and the literature because I love literature, and because I do not judge a work of art by the face or politics of its creator. ...I admire Nietzche's work while I am engaged in a life-and-death struggle against his doctrine, but I am prepared to kill the man who would force me to live by his teachings..." Capt. Jack B. Emden, A.A.F. On Hodd River, Oregon "Spring has come to Hood River, but it serves no useful purpose except to remind me of what it's like in New York. Fifth Avenue in the morning, or the Village, or Central Park, or Riverside Drive. Oh you lucky people. There are two bars in Hood River. There are also two pool-rooms, one behind each bar. There is one movie house, open for one matinee and two evening performances. To the south of the town we have hills, and to the north, a river. On a windy day, you can spit from the hills to the river. There are sixteen churches, one for every 225 of the population. Said population includes one town idiot, who drives a garbage truck, and is renowned for his kindness to children and a bill he once allegedly presented: "2 cums, 2 goes @ 50 [cent] a went--$2." We also have one artist, a landscape painter named Percy Manser, as well as a sign- and poster- artist of the same name. We have two weekly newspapers, both fiercely devoted to the twin causes of illiteracy and Republicanism. We have Lions, Elks, Rotarians, and other wild life in profusion. We believe that our youth must be safeguarded against the evils of modern radicalism. We do not like the Japanese because they breed so fast. We believe in life (within limits), liberty (but not license), and the pursuit of happiness (speed limit , 25 miles an hour). We are 100% Americans, and we often say so. Besides the Japanese, we do not like Jews, Negroes, or Mexicans, the latter of course being not even 1% American. We suspect that Russia is up to something; the English are snooty; the French are immoral; and the Chinks are probably no better than the Japs..." damon knight in oregon
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