[MD] SOLAQI, Kant's TITs, chaos, and the S/I distinction

[ian glendinning]

Hi DMB, Marsha, (Horse mentioned)

I already did a simple transaltion, I'm happy to fix lack of clarity
where I can, when pointed out. I enjoyed Marsha's comments - I'm not
deliberately obscurantist. Yours is very creative, but doesn't have
much to do with anything I've said.

(Horse, is this kind of incessant personal attack going too far
towards the destructive ?)

Ian

On 1/3/07, david buchanan <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Ian said:
> Respect for whom ? The Sage ? Pirsig ? His undoubted wisdom and original
> authorship commands genuine respect, but does not exempt his own statements
> of ideas from their contingency, and potential enhancement by dialogue. I'm
> here for the dialogue, not respect for authority.
>
> Marsha replied:
> I wish I knew wormspeak.
>
> dmb says:
> I'd recommend that you learn to speak with weasle words. It's much easier to
> pick up and once you know it you'll be able to understand most dialects of
> wormspeak, the various forms of turkeytalk and, oddly, your sense of smell
> will become more sensitive. The only possible side-effect is that your gag
> reflexes might increase in sensitivity also. This can make things a bit
> messy.
>
> I the mean time, please allow me to translate for you. Here Ian is turning
> his lack of comprehension into a virtue. In this worm's-eye view,
> comprehension is an evil and oppressive thing and confusion is just as good
> as enlightenment. In this mode of expression, its important to pretend your
> opponent said something completely ridiculous and then refute it. Here, for
> example, Ian has responded as if someone said, "Bob is always right about
> everything" or "What Bob said will be true for all eternity". These are the
> sorts of things that make back-peddling and equivocating so fun and easy.
> You'll see.
>
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