[MD] Correctness and Usefulness

David M davidint at blueyonder.co.uk
Sat May 10 13:37:15 PDT 2008


the section is called deconstruction on two wheels page 60 by the way

DM



>
> There is a section about Pirsig in Chris Norris's
> book on deconstruction,one of the first in english
> on the subject:
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Deconstruction-Theory-Practice-New-Accents/dp/0415280109/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210451561&sr=1-5
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> DM
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>> Matt,
>> Blame me all you want but I have no more control over the nonsense that
>> issues from the keyboards of Platt or Ham than they do. I called Pirsig a
>> postmodernist partly because it seems to fit but mostly to annoy those 
>> who
>> are constantly perverting what he says without seeming to understand him. 
>> OK
>> I guess that makes me guilty but I have no idea if Pirsig IS a 
>> postmodernist
>> or if he even cares. I think the label is one that people like to throw
>> around with no idea what it means, like communist, socialist etc. Platt
>> admits he just makes up definitions for those terms. Essentially the
>> definition for any label he throws around means "baaaaad". So by 
>> definition
>> Pirsig can not be a postmodernist because Pirsig is goooood and
>> postmodernists are baaaaaad. We all know how this works. Anyway I look
>> forward to your more considered reflections on the issues raised earlier 
>> in
>> this thread. BTW you have an open invitation to join the Krimarlodamo
>> collective anytime. We are always attempting to absorb new members.
>> Krimel
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