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K'tagogm-m, v. 1, issue 1, March 1945
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#4 But the Fapans never raised that aspect at all. When asked to accept a simple and decent things, they chose to quibble over false legalistics, imaginary problems, and presumptual slandering all the officers of Fapa to come. Morals never entered into it. These same "brain-trusters" have probably given many dollars and much blood to aid in a certain war at the present time goin on all over the world. That they have actually no concept, no notion at all, of the meaning of this war, of the issues involves, of the historical background and future possibilities of this world-shaking and world-shaping conflagration their actions prove. Had they a platform, any platform, they would have known. And their arguments could then have applied directly tot he problem in hand and not to the snide mental contortions on the wherefores and wereases of the wording. No, I do not want to debate with these mental phantasms. The Fapa is not all these people, of course. But it seems to have fallen under their sway. What had been needed is a debating ground where honest people may talk without interruption from the bird-brained bystanders and the self-inflated phonies. Vangapa is designed to be that. That does not mean that I expect Vangapa to be entirely free of the shapeless liberals. Not at all. Only that their percentage will be smaller, their influence kept safely out of wrecking the club with sickening bibble-babble. There are, of course, other considerations. For one thing, there are many bright new and old fans who want to join and contribute to a co-operative press association who are barred from Fapa by the accumulated muck of dead heads and back numbers. These people deserve a break. They deserve a chance to help start from the beginning in a new and vibrant organization. To help shape its form and chart is destinies. Vangapa will take care of that angle--and in so doing acquire a spark of live freshness lacking in the Fapa. I would like to think that my writings would be appreciated by them. Certainly the Fapa tends to blur one's worth. Consider that I published in July 1944 a small fanzine named Vertigo. It was mailed out to about forty-five selected fans. I received far more comment, pro and con, far more satisfaction from that than from similar matter in the Fapa. It is obvious that size can often be a handicap in a club of this sort. It is obvious also that lack of xxx selectivity can also be a handicap. And I don't approve of subscription fanzines much--I believe in the APA way of handling things. So I ma putting much of my trust into Vangapa now.
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#4 But the Fapans never raised that aspect at all. When asked to accept a simple and decent things, they chose to quibble over false legalistics, imaginary problems, and presumptual slandering all the officers of Fapa to come. Morals never entered into it. These same "brain-trusters" have probably given many dollars and much blood to aid in a certain war at the present time goin on all over the world. That they have actually no concept, no notion at all, of the meaning of this war, of the issues involves, of the historical background and future possibilities of this world-shaking and world-shaping conflagration their actions prove. Had they a platform, any platform, they would have known. And their arguments could then have applied directly tot he problem in hand and not to the snide mental contortions on the wherefores and wereases of the wording. No, I do not want to debate with these mental phantasms. The Fapa is not all these people, of course. But it seems to have fallen under their sway. What had been needed is a debating ground where honest people may talk without interruption from the bird-brained bystanders and the self-inflated phonies. Vangapa is designed to be that. That does not mean that I expect Vangapa to be entirely free of the shapeless liberals. Not at all. Only that their percentage will be smaller, their influence kept safely out of wrecking the club with sickening bibble-babble. There are, of course, other considerations. For one thing, there are many bright new and old fans who want to join and contribute to a co-operative press association who are barred from Fapa by the accumulated muck of dead heads and back numbers. These people deserve a break. They deserve a chance to help start from the beginning in a new and vibrant organization. To help shape its form and chart is destinies. Vangapa will take care of that angle--and in so doing acquire a spark of live freshness lacking in the Fapa. I would like to think that my writings would be appreciated by them. Certainly the Fapa tends to blur one's worth. Consider that I published in July 1944 a small fanzine named Vertigo. It was mailed out to about forty-five selected fans. I received far more comment, pro and con, far more satisfaction from that than from similar matter in the Fapa. It is obvious that size can often be a handicap in a club of this sort. It is obvious also that lack of xxx selectivity can also be a handicap. And I don't approve of subscription fanzines much--I believe in the APA way of handling things. So I ma putting much of my trust into Vangapa now.
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