[MD] The Mythos-Logos issue.

[plattholden at gmail.com]

On 1 Jul 2010 at 10:05, Arlo Bensinger wrote:

> [Platt]
> Oh, oh. The spectre of censorship arises. Now the arbiters of "the 
> truth" threaten. Does your warning to sentence Bo to Siberia also 
> apply to me, Mary, Marsha and others who are at least willing to 
> entertain the idea that the Pirsig may be wrong?
> 
> [Arlo]
> I'm guessing you didn't even read Horse's post, or you're trying to 
> do your typical distortion bullshit.
> 
> This has NOTHING to do with thinking Pirsig is wrong. I think Pirsig 
> is wrong about a few things. That is a VALID argumentative position 
> to hold. Say Pirsig is wrong, say Bo is right. No harm, no foul.
> 
> The issue, as Horse clearly points out, is in the dishonesty that 
> Bo's ideas are somehow Pirsig's ideas. They are NOT.
> 
> You say "other who are at least willing to entertain the idea that 
> the Pirsig may be wrong"... GREAT! Entertain away! I do.
> 
> But that is not the issue. As Horse (and Ian, and others) make plain.

[Platt]
A distinction without a difference as far as the issue of censorship is 
concerned. Much evidence has been presented that Bo's ideas are indeed the same 
as Pirsig's.