[MD] Hippies in Sodom and Gomorrah

[Platt Holden]

[Arlo]
> Platt, you have asked several times for what "hippiedom" promises, and I
> think that's a "mu" question. Its like asking the Brujo what he forsees
> for his civilization. How can he answer? He doesn't know. But we do know
> that Pirsig called the hippies "moral" for rising above static social
> and intellectual patterns, and moving towards Dynamic Quality.
> 
> I see this as allegience to what is Good, not what is "my country" or
> "my ideology". These things must come second to what is Good. 

So the hippiedom platform is "do Good," capitalized I take it to 
distinguish it from "do True" and "do Beautiful." If that's the case, 
I'd put my money on "do True" and "do Beautiful" for as night follows 
day, the Good will then happen.

All of which sounds wonderful, but leaves the question of what is Good, 
True and Beautiful unanswered. So we're right back in the soup again 
arguing over definitions and applications in the "real" world. In other 
words, like you I too subscribe to doing Good, but here's the rub. 
Politically your hippie ideas of what's Good and my conservative ideas 
are diametrically opposed. So now what?

Looks to me we're back to square one.

Platt