Quoting Krimel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [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?
Typical leftist ploy. You don't like what someone says so you try to intimidate into silence by a personal attack. > [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. Not tribes, but some of social concepts held by some Indians. Your romantic notions are typically wacko. "Primitive tribes such as the American Indians have no record of sweetness and cooperation with other tribes. They ambushed them, tortured them, dashed their children's brains out on rocks." (Lila, 24) > [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. Again, a personal attack without intellectual substance. But, expected since you have no rational argument. ------------------------------------------------- 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/
