[MD] Unreality of Equality

[Platt Holden]

> [Arlo]
> Yes, I know. All you can do is retort with Limbaughian distortions. Did
> I say "America sucks"? Didn't I say America, and western culture, has
> done a lot of good things? But even the slightest suggest that your
> masturbatory fantasy of America is misguided and all I get is Limbaugh.
> Talk about propaganda. 

Yes, I know. America has done a lot of good things which, according to 
your view, have been cancelled because it's a money-grubbing, wealth-
oriented culture. You're not fooling anybody with your "America has 
done a lot of good things" lip service. Your constant criticism of 
America and wish for a socialist government that would redistributes 
wealth to the "needy" and equalizes personal assets in the name of 
economic justice is all too obvious to those who read your posts. Your 
recent post to Khaled where you again state your desire to "remove all 
inheritance" is just another case in point where you want the 
government to interfere in the private affairs of individuals and take 
another bite out of individual liberty.    

> [Platt]
> But, since you are closely associated with liberal academe, I'm not
> surprised. Fortunately we have Pirsig to offer an opposing  viewpoint.
> 
> [Arlo]
> And thanks for proving again why right-wing zealots have a hard time in
> the academy. Fortunately, most of us don't ignore the bulk of what
> Pirsig said just because it interupts our masturbatory righteousness.

Fortunately, most of us don't ignore what Pirsig says if it doesn't fit 
our preconceived notion of what we would like him to say. Ignoring 
contrary evidence is par for the course in liberal academe. Take the  
idea that the world is running out of oil that liberal know-it-alls 
backed by the media constantly preach. Then read the following from the 
Boston Globe, far from being owned by conservatives: 
  
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2006/02/26/oil_futures/?page=full

> [Platt]
> And if you don't think there were warlike Indians, I wonder whose 
> history you've read. Let me guess. Howard Zinn.
> 
> [Arlo]
> More distortion. Big surprise. I never said there weren't warlike
> indians. But I read Pirsig and through him, Dusenberry, know that there
> was much in their culture that was superior to ours, and to which we owe
> a great deal. You keep that one "dashing brains" quote hung over your
> bed, and ignore the 99% of other things Pirsig said about the indians.

You ignore the one quote that contradicts your love fest with Indians, 
again ignoring any contrary evidence that doesn't fit your anti-
capitalist socialist agenda. Par for the course in liberal academe.

Platt