[MD] How to Understand the MOQ

[plattholden at gmail.com]

Hi Steve,
Maybe the real problem is what the MOQ structure is built on -- each  
individual's unique experience of Quality, colored by her life experiences.

We can all pretty much agree that Quality exists, but the forms it takes will 
vary all over the lot. Some consider American Idol to be entertaining. I think 
it's a travesty of the musician's art. 

So interpretations of the MOQ are bound to be different. Each person brings his 
own perspectives to the table. As Pirsig observed at the beginning of LIla,  

"Don't do it. You'll get into nothing but trouble. You're just going to start 
up a thousand dumb arguments about something that was perfectly clear until you 
came along. You're going to make ten thousand opponents and zero friends 
because the moment you open your mouth to say one thing about the nature of 
reality you automatically have a whole set of enemies who've already said 
reality is something else." (Lila, 5)

So what's to be gained? Once in awhile somebody says something that 
illuminates. Those moments are worth the time spent. For the rest, enjoy. If I 
didn't find this site fun, and occasionally enriching, I would have left long 
ago.   
 
Best,
Platt

On 19 May 2010 at 11:51, Steven Peterson wrote:

This image comes to mind frequently when reading posts here:

"...The whole [moq.org discussion group] was rigged and stacked so
that nobody could prove anything [about the MOQ].  No matter what you
said, it could be shot down any time by any damn fool on the basis
that it [was mired in SOM]...The whole [forum] seemed like a highway
filled with angry drivers cursing each other and telling each other
they didn't know how to drive when the real trouble was..."

What is the real problem????