[MD] Rhetoric

[Tuukka Virtaperko]

Try what? Last time something was hanging from his words it was he 
himself, in a freak accident.

Tuk




On 04-Dec-16 20:55, Horse wrote:
> Or perhaps Tuk, Dave was pointing out, in a polite and friendly way, 
> that just because RMP doesn't rush to talk to you it's nothing personal.
> There are several people that I know that have his email address but 
> we take his advice and figure stuff out for ourselves. That's what he 
> wants for us to think for ourselves - i.e. Intellect over Society - 
> not hanging onto every word from 'The Great Author' !!
> You should try it some time.
>
> Horse
>
>
> On 04/12/2016 11:25, mail at tuukkavirtaperko.net wrote:
>> David,
>>
>> nice. Now you're pretending it was your idea that I leave him alone. 
>> Nothing else to do than try to get inside someone else's skin? I 
>> can't even post a message on MD without someone trying to copulate 
>> with it... that must be why Pirsig doesn't do so either.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Tuk
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting david <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com>:
>>
>>> I don't know what Robert Pirsig has been doing lately but normally  
>>> he drinks coffee at his desk each morning while reading the news and 
>>>  the posts on this forum, among other things. If that's still true,  
>>> then he knows your email address and he knows you'd like to be in  
>>> contact. But so would many, many, many other people. And nobody is  
>>> capable of satisfying that kind of demand. Nobody. And he's retired, 
>>>  likes to meditate, and otherwise keep to himself. Plus he's in his 
>>> 80s. Please, don't take it personally if I suggest that you let it  
>>> go and leave him alone. And I take my own advice, by the way. I  
>>> could bother him but I don't. Out of respect for his peace of mind  
>>> and expressed wishes. He's done talking about the MOQ with fans.  
>>> That's all there is to it. True story. "I'm retired," he said, "you  
>>> guys take it from here."
>>>
>>>
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>>> Subject: Re: [MD] Rhetoric
>>>
>>> I haven't noticed that Tim would've posted Pirsig's street address on
>>> LS. Even if he did, I'd feel uncomfortable writing Pirsig had I
>>> obtained his address in such a way.
>>>
>>> At this point Pirsig, if in sufficient health, is perfectly capable of
>>> figuring out who I am and what's my business. Meeting him would be an
>>> honor and I wouldn't require a particular kind of a meeting. If he
>>> anyway does not wish to contact me, why should I think any more of it?
>>> A man of his age needn't think of work, that's for sure. There's more
>>> to life, such as cooking sausages in the fireplace. That's what I'm
>>> going to do next, anyway.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Tuk
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