[MD] A problem with the MOQ.

[Tuukka Virtaperko]

Ron,

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> Ron:
> Probably because The MoQ holds that all truth statements are rhetorical. Thus truth statements are held to the contingent. Consequently Analytical philosophers are going to group MoQ with poststucturalism.
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> This is why some of us think that you really do not understand Robert Pirsigs work because it rejects the
> very foundations of what you are trying to accomplish with SOQ.
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I already know axiomatic assumptions are arbitrary, or "rhetoric", if 
you like. But what you are saying seems, metaphorically, as if you were 
defending every person's birthright to write 
"sghksdgnlsgsegjt3490ö5tu3jpqotgjsdghf" and claim it's a valid statement 
of some language. Yet, you yourself never write 
"sghksdgnlsgsegjt3490ö5tu3jpqotgjsdghf", but instead, grammatically 
correct sentences of English.

So what's the point of defending this birthright? Who challenged it in 
the first place, and how?

I don't care whether I *seem* like a challenger, unless I can do 
something about it. I care whether I *am* a challenger or not, and it 
doesn't seem like that.

Every other person seems to be suspicious of my motives nowadays. Timo 
kept asking me what's the reason why I'm doing this. I used to tell him: 
"No reason." He retorted by asking again for a reason. So I came up with 
something on the top of my mind. Just yesterday he told me he didn't 
like that reason, and said he maybe doesn't want to continue working on 
this. Then I told him, very clearly, that I only provided him a reason 
because he kept asking for one, and that I have no real reason to do 
this. He thought that was great, and wanted to resume work.

I have no interest in either invalidating or validating Pirsig's work, 
and I have no *particular* interests whatsoever. I just thought it would 
sound dumb if I came here for no reason at all, and presented my work to 
you for no reason at all. But if you want the *truth*, *that's* what I 
actually am doing.

-Tuukka