But again Platt, your tiny mind cannot see the difference between The idea of balance being things equally opposed and things being in some optimum harmonious mix - best, highest quality.
Your balanced deadlock is a recipe for stifling evolution. But no-one here is proposing that. You are making it up in your ignorance. I'm SHOUTING (at you) because you are not listening. Ian PS don't forget to respond to that final remark instead of the point. Oh, you were ? Sorry I mentioned it. On 2/21/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Christoffer Ivarsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi Arlo > > > > > [Chris] > > > Lagom is a word everybody should learn. > > > > > > [Arlo] > > > Despite Ham's expected response incorporating right-wing fear terms > > > (ooo... political correctness), I think this term captures > > > brilliantly what the MOQ's central tension is all about. We must have > > > balance, and this balance is not a sacrifice, it is what gives us the > > > best of all worlds. As Pirsig states, too much static leads to > > > stagnation, too much dynamic leads to chaos. Balance in the soul, > > > balance in the body politik, balance in all things. > > > > > > Exactly! I think so too, balance, the middle way, lagom. > > "Balance" my foot. The theme of the MOQ is "betterness," not balance. Some > things > are better than others, a fact that cannot be denied without contradiction. > The intellectual (individual) level is better than the social (collective) > level. > They are not balanced, i.e, of equal moral weight. If all was balanced, there > would be no evolution. > > > ------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
