[MD] Julian Baggini interview

[ian glendinning]

Hi Horse,

I have only one "grievance" here.

The fact that Ant's site passes for authoritative philosophical
material on Pirsig's MoQ, whereas there is a distinct policy to
present a positively edited bias, and not link (refer even in any
academic sense) to any negative materials and criticise them
constructively.

It's Ant's right to do that, it's his site, but the public impression
is important.

(Quite independent of this thread, I have been pressing for more
transparent "editing" of public facing materials, where considered
necessary to "promote" MoQ for public consumption beyond critical
philosophical debate. I will continue to pursue / support such
initiatives.)

The only other points I've made are my own personal frustration at
trying to point out privately to Ant over a long period, that he would
be better to "clean up his act", than leave the misleading impression
on his own site. When Mark made the same concern public of his own
initiative, I have simply supported Mark on the objective points he is
making. I did point out from the start that publicly linked copies of
the full Baggini interview were in fact always available. Mark has his
own motives.

Sincerely
Ian
PS As mentioned I may be offline for most of the next two weeks after
today, but I will follow up any other questions you have.

On 11/5/06, Horse <horse at darkstar.uk.net> wrote:
> Hi Mark, Ian and All
>
> First off Mark, as you're aware that Glenn was removed from MD some time
> back I would have appreciated a request to post the material that you
> posted. It's called common courtesy.
>
> Secondly, I've been following this thread and am somewhat mystified as
> to the nature of the accusations that seem to have been flying about.
> The Baggini interview was put up on moq.org when it came out and when
> the link was removed I was unaware that the article existed elsewhere.
>  From my correspondence and contact with Ant there has never been a
> problem with the article being linked and when I became aware of the
> address to the interview it was reinstated with Ant's full knowledge and
> approval.
> If Ant chooses not to link or display it on his site then what's the
> problem? It's there for all to see linked from moq.org.
>
> Would you and/or Ian care to explain the nature of the grievance you
> seem to be bearing at the moment. Explicitly. Then maybe both Ant and
> myself can answer any questions that need answering.
>
>
> Horse
>
>
> Squonkonguitar at aol.com wrote:
> > Dear Froum,
> > In the interest of openness i send questions asked by Glenn Bradford, and  my
> > responses to them.
> > Love,
> > Mark
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