[MD] Back to the last static latch

[khaled Alkotob]

Lila tried to define quality and hoped to tell us what morality is.

[Khaled]
> > 1. You keep quoting Lila. Personally I think Pirsig should have 
> > quit at ZMM while he was still ahead. He started Lila with good
intentions
> > then......


[Platt]
> Lila brought ZMM back to earth. ZMM is New Age pot, crystals, 
> incense  and rebels without a cause. Lila is analytical reason
explaining  
> today's intellectual and societal degeneration. ZMM belongs to the 
> Hippies, Lila to the hard-headed.  ZMM is feel-good, Lila is 
> realistic. 
>   
> Most have never heard of the MOQ. Of those who have, many deny its 
> conclusions. So inexorable slippage back to the last static latch 
> seems  certain. What passes for morality today is soup of neoChristian,

> pseudo- religious sentiments about compassion, sharing and caring --
unless 
> you  happen to be a conservative. Then, of course, you are a villain, 
> deserving of every profanity known to man..      
> 
> The MOQ makes such hypocrisy evident. And while It may not be the 
> complete answer to today's social crisis, it offers a slim ray of 
> hope
> -- but too slim I'm afraid.