[MD] The End of Faith - Spirituality

[Platt Holden]

> [Platt said]
> 
> The intellectual (individual) level is better than the social  (collective)
> level.
> 
> [Arlo replied]
> I'm not talking about Platt's neocon MOQ, nor do I have any desire to, I'm
> talking about Pirsig's.
> 
> [Platt]
> As anyone can plainly see, Arlo denied  the truth of Platt's statement by
> calling it "Platt's neocon MOQ," clearly implying that the intellectual 
> level is NOT better than the social. 
> 
> [Arlo]
> Why do you dig holes so blatantly ridiculous? Do you think we are all fools?
> 
> 
> What anyone can "plainly" see, is that Arlo was responding the distortion of
> Pirsig's MOQ into the "individual is intellectual, collective is social"
> revision of Platt's neocon MOQ.

You responded to words in parens rather than the statement, even after I 
backed up the validity of the statement with a quotation from Pirsig? Good 
grief. How twisted can your mind get?

> [Platt]
> Words mean things. What we're seeing from Arlo is once again resorting to
> personal attack to cover his mental incompetence.    
> 
> [Arlo]
> Arlo resorts to personal attacks only because your typical moronic
> talk-radio bunk is beyond intellectual reply. 

Yes, we all know you sanction the evil of personal attacks. There can be no 
doubt about that.