[MD] re, fellow european-Bodvar

[Arlo Bensinger]

[Platt]
Lest someone get the wrong impression it's well to remember that 
Pirsig railed against what he called "philosophology,"...

[Arlo]
Lest someone get the wrong impression, Pirsig did NOT, as your post 
implies, champion ignorance. Indeed, Pirsig has given his full 
support to both Ant McWatt and DMB; both working to bring the MOQ 
into the Academy. Anyone wishing to purchase the Pirsig DVD's (from 
Ant McWatt's site) will see first hand the endorsements Pirsig gives 
to these academics. Your accusation that they are involved in 
"philosopholoy" is ridiculous.

[Platt]
There's lots of that sort of parasitic twaddle going on here rather 
than what Pirsig hoped for from this site, namely, Dynamic creative 
philosophy (such as
Bo exemplifies) instead of the "mind-numbing scholarly precision" of 
academic philosophers.

[Arlo]
Bo exemplifies consistency in his determination to promote his own 
interpretation of the MOQ, which is fine and commendable. But, as 
Horse pointed out, it is important for newcomers to know that Pirsig 
himself denies outright Bo's SOL interpretation. When Bo says "no one 
is talking about Pirsig's ideas", what he should say is "no one talks 
about my personal revision of Pirsig's ideas", which is fine and 
probably mostly true.

It's no surprise to anyone who has been around for a while, but its 
worth pointing out to the newcomers that there is a very pronounced 
anti-intellectual sentiment here, mostly from you. It is no surprise 
even the simplest of posts you submit almost HAVE to contain some 
inane right-wing, anti-intellectual jab at "statists", "leftists", 
"the media" and those evil "perfessers" in the "commie academy" 
(basically Limbaugh's Boogeymen list).

I don't know "what Pirsig hoped for", but again since those he 
chooses to interact directly with are your "evil academics", I'd have 
to say it would seem as if Pirsig endorses more the work being done 
by the likes of Ant and DMB then the sophomoric, anti-intellectual 
"random thoughts" others post here.