[MD] CA 2

[John Carl]

Pro-fessor Buchanan,


> dmb says:
>
> I think you have to remember that Pirsig comments were directed at Anthony
> McWatt,


I'm taking them as written, as directed at the text to which he was
responding.



> who was working on his Ph.D. thesis at the time. His answers can be very
> succinct because by then Ant had already spent a lot of time getting to
> understand philosophy in general and the MOQ in particular.  It's my
> impression that it only seems like cagey tap-dancing to you because you
> haven't done that kind of work. I'm saying your accusations of dodging and
> weaving are without merit.
>
>
 They're not directed at you.  They're directed at the text, to which I'm
responding.