[MD] Babylonian intellectuals

[Platt Holden]

On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 6:48 PM, david buchanan <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com>wrote:

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> "the MOQ goes on to say that science, the intellectual pattern that has
> been appointed to take over society, has a defect in it. The defect is that
> subject-object science has no provision for morals" (277)
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> Despite that flaw....
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> "a culture that supports the dominance of intellectual values over social
> values is absolutely superior to one that does not." (311)
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[Platt}
You leave the impression by taking this quote out of context that Pirsig
supports your dull-city, liberty-smothering  socialist-communist allegiance.
And you accuse me of intellectual dishonesty?

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> My point? I'm not just saying hurray for my team. I'm talking about the
> MOQ's diagnosis and Pirsig is not shy about naming names with respect to
> political ideologies. The idea is to sort these things out, to make sense of
> the conflicts that continue up to this day. And yes, the tea party folks are
> obviously reactionary neo-Victorians and I think they can be very clearly
> seen as such in the light of the MOQ's analysis.
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> [Platt]
I clearly see in the light of the MOQ's analysis that you are a Marxist
Victorian who still hasn't accepted the defeat of Stalin and Mao communism
or acknowledged their responsibility for murdering millions.  .

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> I think it's a real fight and it matters quite a lot who wins.
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[Platt}
You bet it does. One's individual right to liberty, property and pursuit of
happiness is at stake.

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