[MD] Why are things called patterns?

[david buchanan]

Horse said to Marsha:
...The quotes I posted were not in support of my position but in opposition to your quotes, showing, I believe, that Pirsig's position is opposed to your own. My position is that of Pirsig's for the most part.    ...It looks to me  like you're selecting quotes and using them out of context in order to support your position whilst leaving out other quotes that either fail to support your position or that undermine your position.

dmb says:
Agreement with Pirsig is not mandatory, of course. What's required in a place like this is comprehension. Without the capacity to read and think and write it isn't even possible to agree or disagree with Pirsig - or anyone else. As I see it, Marsha doesn't have an actual position on the MOQ. She has posted thousands of times and yet there is still no reason to believe that she understands any of it. She's playing some other game wherein the actual shape and structure of the MOQ simply doesn't matter.