[MD] MOQ Recursion

[MarshaV]

On Aug 9, 2010, at 8:02 AM, ARLO J BENSINGER JR wrote:

> [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 think the question is an inappropriate analogy, and not pertinent.     



> [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:
As you have stated it there is no leaving the analogy.  Your statement 
is null.  


> [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.


Marsha
This was your statement:   

           Arlo:
           All this is just an analogy.
           And you can restate this as such.
           All this is just an analogy, including this sentence.

What you are calling 'untenable inconsistencies' is based on misunderstanding 
Bo's analogy.  And I see no 'likeness' between your way of thinking and RMP's.
I will toss that simile right out the window.   

 
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