[MD] The hard question.

[Joseph Maurer]

Hi DMB

Naming names and kicking ass!  Wow!

Joe


On 6/10/12 9:22 AM, "david buchanan" <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I think it's worse than odd. The overall thrust of the defense mounted by
> Mark, Marsha and others is to generally undermine the very idea that one can
> be right or wrong about Pirsig's work. When their understanding of the MOQ is
> criticized the response usually involves some self-aggrandizing claim about
> being above or beyond mere intellectual quality. This almost always includes
> some kind of dismissal or denigration of intellectual values. Basic
> intellectual standards - proper use of terms, logical consistency, coherence,
> clarity and accuracy - are insulted as oppressive and authoritarian demands.
> Disrespect for these standards often goes hand-in-hand with some
> self-congratulatory claims about how mystically mindful they are or what
> awesome revolutionary thinkers they are. They can barely cobble together a
> coherent sentence but that because they're just way too important to bother
> with little things like making sense.