[MD] The Moral Landscape

[plattholden at gmail.com]

All politics is partisan, Ian. Otherwise, no need for elections, 
as in commie countries. High Quality, Low Quality, High
Quality, Low Quality --- no Zzzzzz for me.

On 25 Oct 2010 at 18:47, Ian wrote:

Nothing wrong with politics Platt, just partisan politics that is a  
product of SOMism. Left right left right left right subject object  
subject object .... Zzzzzz

Noticed you didn't bother to respond when I started a thread on  
pragmatic capitalism.

But I expect I'm a pinko. Sorry
Ian

Sent from my iPhone

On 25 Oct 2010, at 17:59, Platt Holden <plattholden at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Craig,
>
> Was Pirsig intellectually lazy and dishonest in generalizing
> that capitalism was superior to socialism? I'm sure in doing
> so he was aware of your valid point about generalizations.
> But as he wrote, "A science without generalization is no
> science at all" (Lila, 4).
>
> Anyway, the MOQ is about reality. Politics is part of that.
> Pirsig didn't hesitate to comment on it. Nor should we
> when we find it relevant to an understanding of the MOQ.  .
>
> Platt
>
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:20 AM, <craigerb at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> [Horse]
>>> [Ian] made some good points in your last couple of posts re: the
>>
>>> Left/Right situation on this list and I agree with you.
>>
>>
>>
>> .
>> I also agree.
>> Saying that someone labelled F has characteristic G,
>> when there are many examples where they have not-G &
>> there are many examples where non-F's also have G,
>> is intellectually lazy & often intellectually dishonest.
>> Craig