[MD] Intellect on trial

[plattholden at gmail.com]

All:

Dutch politician Geert Wilders is being tried for "hate speech." He is charged 
with inciting hatred against Muslims. If convicted he faces up to one year in 
prison.

Pirsig wrote in Lila: 

"It says that what is meant by "human rights" is usually the moral code of 
intellect-vs.-society, the moral right of intellect to be free of social 
control. Freedom of speech; freedom of assembly, of travel; trial by jury; 
habeas corpus; government by consent-these "human rights" are all intellect-vs.-
society issues. According to the Metaphysics of Quality these "human rights" 
have not just a sentimental basis, but a rational, metaphysical basis. They are 
essential to the evolution of a higher level of life from a lower level of 
life. They are for real."

It will be interesting to see if intellect wins this battle to be free of 
social control. If not, who will be next to be silenced by the lower level?

Platt