[MD] Quality decline

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Heather Perella <spiritualadirondack at yahoo.com>:

> > >      [Platt previously]
> > > > There needs to be a balance between Dynamic and
> > > > static with the emphasis on 
> > > > maintaining a fulcrum of opportunity that allows
> > for tipping in the direction
> > > > of the Dynamic. (Hope the metaphor works.) 
> 
> 
>      [SA previously] 
> > >     Reality is static quality with dynamic
> > quality.  There doesn't need to be this - there is
> this.  It
> > is society and intellect that are not open to this
> > when degenerate process are at work.  So, what have
> I
> > said?  All generalities.
> 
>      [Platt] 
> > Balance with openness to DQ is the ideal. 
> 
>      There are no ideals - just is's.

Disagree. An ideal "is" -- as are all thoughts.

> > >      [Platt] 
> > Right. The role models for today's female teenagers
> > are Madonna, Britney and
> > Paris -- a sure sign of Quality decline. But I'm
> > glad your agree with Pirsig's
> > insight that celebrity is a unifying force,
> > particularly useful in today's
> > culture where political divisions are far apart and
> > arouse strong passions
> > (see Arlo's posts). In other words, I agree with
> > your comments.
> 
>      As long as political divisions do not use the
> intellectual level, then the celebrity will gain more
> and more power.  For now, politics doesn't engage
> celebritiness, in the sense that those that are more
> popular with more people such as Hilton and Rosie
> O'Donald will not be voted into congress - thank
> goodness.
 
I don't think we need celebrity politicians. There's too much attention
paid to them now, and we treat our President with all the trappings of
royalty. Rather I would like to see true artists celebrated, like Beverly
Sills who passed away recently.

Have a nice day.




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