[Platt] I appreciate the compliment, Ham, but you have the knack of getting to the root of today's political problems with a few succinct words, as in your insights here.
[Krimel] So you are actually stating, unequivocally, that you support Ham's blatantly racist rhetoric? [Platt] Yes. America is now on a downward slide back to tribalism. It may be that Pirsig has also seen the trend, prompting him to write the following: [Krimel] So you deplore "tribalism" but endorse a man whose fundamental insight arose from a tribal ritual? I would say Pirsig's endorsement of tribalism led him to write Lila which as you well know started out as a book on Indians. One of his central themes is that the American spirit has been heavily influenced by "tribes" of Native Americans. [Platt] I believe Pirsig pays greater respect to individualism than you believe and have made the case in a number of previous posts. But, your concise analysis of the present political situation is dead on. Thanks. [Krimel] I won't dignify your slanderous reading of Pirsig with a comment but this growing insight into the foul backwaters of your thinking is sickening. 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/
