[MD] Reading & Comprehension

[Mary]

Hi Andre,

> >
> > I am afraid to observe that ever since Mary brought the
> 'fundamentalist'
> > and the 'liberalist' distinction into play things have developed into
> an
> > us-versus-them battle. This is very low quality.
> >
> > And what was the reasoning? The 'fundamentalists', in the process of
> still
> > developing sound, high quality understandings of Mr. Pirsig's
> writings
> > prefer to stay as close as is possible to these writings in an effort
> not to
> > distort their meanings nor their intentions and thereby developing
> high
> > quality experiential patterns for themselves. That is, static
> > representations of dynamic experiences.
> >
> > The 'liberals'are opposed to this. They follow and 'Hurray' the free
> > thinking Bodvar who suggests that their experiences are SOM... and
> everyone
> > agrees and everyone is happy with the free thinker!
> >
> > But you do not think and experience for yourself!!! As Pirsig ( yeah,
> sorry
> > to bring him up again)argued, this dualistic way of approaching the
> > motorcycle sounds right (because we are indoctrinated by it and
> therefore so
> > used to it) but it is an artificial interpretation. It's never been
> reality
> > itself.
> >
> > Mr. Pirsig opens the experiential abstractions ( inorganic, organic,
> social
> > and intellectual) and Bodvar closes them with his intellectual
> definition
> > (SOM). Now, who's the real MoQ'er?
> >


[Mary Replies]
 
"What we've got here is a failure to communicate.  Some men you just can't
reach. So you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants
it... well, he gets it. I don't like it any more than you men." 
- "Cool Hand Luke", 1967.