[MD] re, fellow european-Bodvar

[John Carl]

I don't think so Ron.  It's like multiplying a negative by a negative, you
get a positive.

Now, griping about griping about griping.... THAT gets us back into "just as
bad" territory again.

Shame on you!



On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 5:01 PM, X Acto <xacto at rocketmail.com> wrote:

> and then griping about griping is just as bad
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: John Carl <ridgecoyote at gmail.com>
> To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
> Sent: Wed, April 14, 2010 4:40:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [MD] re, fellow european-Bodvar
>
> Platt and Arlo, Hey guys.
>
> [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.
>
>
> John:
>
> Is "consistency in determination" the same as "Dynamic creative philosophy"
> ?  Because honestly?  They seem sort of opposite of each other to my
> understanding.
>
>
> Arlo:
>
>
> > 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.
> >
> >
> I dunno either Arlo, but if I was making my best guess, I'd say Platt's
> idea
> of the matter is far closer than yours.
>
> But me,  I always get uncomfortable with anybody criticizing what goes on
> here.  Platt or Arlo.  What happens, happens.  If you want better dialogue,
> make some.  Griping about the lousy dialogue doesn't really seem that
> pragmatically useful to me.
>
> John in search of pragmatic usefulness.
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