[MD] Reason, Tradition

[Platt Holden]

[Arlo}
> And "diversity"... hehehe... let's kick out everyone who's not just like
> Platt, eh? Oh wait.. riiiiiiiight, you just read "White Guilt", the new
> canon of neocon propaganda. I should've seen this coming. I remember the
> Bell Curve days on the list. Please tell me we don't have to sit through
> dribble like that again? Please??

Haven't read "White Guilt" but now that you've recommended it, I'll 
pick up a copy today. You might benefit from reading it, too. You'll 
probably learn something about yourself. :-)

> All those things you mention in the beginning of your post, all things
> that should be honed in on arete, oneness of life, being part of the
> world. When those qualities you mention at the start are guided by an
> understand that "excellence" is THIS... arete, and not wealth, power and
> control of the world, then we are getting somewhere.

Always "we" -- the collective -- with Arlo. 

Platt