[MD] Distinguishing Levels (Individual level)

[MarshaV]

At 07:12 AM 7/4/2006, you wrote:
>Platt (in another post)
> > >That's all greenie, tree-hugging, environmental wacko stuff the libs
> > >love.
>
>Marsha asks:
> > Is emotive language a sign of the Intellectual Level?
>
>At times and in the right context I would say yes, at least if Pirsig
>is any guide. Consider:
>
>"Well, of course! My God! Look at it! The power of this place!
>Fantastic! What individual work of art can come anywhere near to
>equalling it? Sure: dirty, noisy, rude, dangerous, expensive. Always
>has been and probably always will be. Always been a hell-hole if what
>you're looking for is stability and serenity. . . . But if you're
>looking far .stability and serenity, go to a cemetery, don't come here!
>This is the most Dynamic place on earth!" (Lila, 17)


That quote is dialogue in a novel, a work of art, not a reasoned 
discussion or argument.  What does emotive language inspire?  Your 
wisdom would have a higher value if you dropped the emotional stuff.

Marsha