[MD] MOQ Recursion

[ARLO J BENSINGER JR]

[Marsha]
Your statements are no less analogy than Bo's or mine. 

[Arlo]
I never said they were. But do you think the statement "Pirsig's metaphysics
support child molestation as moral" is a valid statement, just because "its all
analogy"?

[Marsha]
I certainly disagree with your interpretation of this analogy.  

[Arlo]
Of course you do, but the moment you say "The Metaphysics of Quality IS the
Quality Reality", you have left analogy and deified the Word.

[Marsha] 
You cannot expect that your analogies represent Truth?  Do they?  

[Arlo]
Like Pirsig, I think analogies are maps, some are better than others. Pirsig's
map is a very high quality one. A map built with inconsistencies and sustained
by head burying is a low-quality map. 

Of course, you can choose to travel with it, no one is stopping you. But if you
start saying that your map is better than Pirsig's, and others point out the
untenable inconsistencies, and your only response is to run in circles hoping
no one will notice, don't complain.