[MD] The Intellectual Gauntlet

[MarshaV]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Kulp" <RKulp at ebwalshinc.com>
To: <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: [MD] The Intellectual Gauntlet


> 
>> Ian:
>> Whoa ... Marsha, Margaret ... Ron et al
>>
>> Ian is very "impressed" with Nagarjuna, Ian does indeed have
>> "middle-way" tattoo'ed on his buttocks, and "excluded-middle"
>> imprinted any-which-way you slice me .....
>>
>> I used that phrase - quoting Ron's words - AGAINST those who see all
>> this rational objective rigour as the goal of our critical analysis -
>> was using it to contrast DMB's claims for rigour againts my (sic)
>> "drivel" in this case. It's the meme I have been railing against since
>> long before I even read ZMM, or anything remotely philosophical.
>>
>> Ron:
>> Ian, Marsha,
>> I think Margaret was making a funny. Grasping for concrete meaning
>> and objective rigor, I think (because I have a penchant for bathroom
>> humor)
>> she was alluding to us males "wrestling with our manhood"
>> you know "roughing up the suspect" "flaying the fox" "punching the
>> clown"
>>
>> Lighten up people!
>>
>> -Ron
>>
> 
> Ron,
> 
> Sorry, but I've never been privy to such humor.  I am embarrassed, but 
> there's no way I could have gotten the joke.
> 
> Marsha
> 
> Marsha,
> I guess only Margaret can shed any light on this one.
> 
> My guttural lo class upbringing gives me insight sometimes.
> 
> please excuse the observance.
> 
> -Ron
> 


Ron,  
 
Nothing to excuse.  My old-fashioned up bring makes me too often dull.  
 
Marsha