[MD] Down the road of mediocrity

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Arlo Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Platt]
> I wonder, Arlo. Do you consider some people better than others?
> 
> [Arlo]
> No. I consider some people better _at certain tasks or skills_ than 
> others. Yo Yo Ma will always be better at playing the violin than I 
> will be. Brett Favre will always be a better quarterback than I will 
> be. Unless he has another season like last...

I wonder then how you interpret this from Pirsig:

"In its condemnation of social repression as the enemy of liberty, it has never
come forth with a single moral principle that distinguishes a Galileo fighting 
social repression from a common criminal fighting social repression. It has, as
a result, been the champion of both. That's the root of the problem." (Lila, 24)

Seems to me Pirsig is implying that some people are more moral than others.




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