[MD] The strong interpretation of the MOQ (SIM)

[Arlo Bensinger]

[John]
Good point, Arlo. It gets tricky, don't it.  Since the "metaphysics 
of Quality" IS a defining and delimiting of Quality, an admittedly 
"degenerate activity". So we can agree that while Pirsig is no expert 
on Quality, he's certainly an expert upon his own degenerate activity?

[Arlo]
LOL. Yeah, I like this. :-)

It just struck me as coming close to the height of absurdity to 
declare that the man who's ideas we are here (ostensibly) to discuss 
is the "least" authority on what those ideas are. It would be like me 
saying, "Let's talk about what John's ideas are, but the person who 
we can ignore the most in that discussion is John".

So I'd make a claim and you'd say "No, Arlo, that's not what I meant" 
and I'd say "Quiet John, we are here to discuss what you meant, and 
you have no authority on that subject".

This is the absurdity of Bo claiming "Pirsig is a weak interpreter of 
Pirsig". I mean, c'mon.

Are you a "weak interpreter" of what John means? Who would be the 
"strong interpreter"? Me? LOL.