Lest there be any doubt Ron, Arlo, Ant, et al, I also completely agree with Arlo here. It's a pity someone with Arlo's qualities has to do this dirty work, but based on experience, it has to be done.
Thinking of them as Waldorf & Stadler helps to lower the outrage level, I find (with acknowledgements to whoever it was that first suggested that metaphor.) but it's only light relief from a serious issue - a Jamesian "holiday". I took on the challenge for one period - to take on Platt personally - getting seriously offensive from my side too - positively asking for moderation to be applied. Others have too on specific issues. All to no avail. The Old Plant has thick skin and no shame. Like the "talk radio" analogy ... for me this is ultimately an "access to the microphone" question - free-speech comes with pragmatic issues of governance in a free society. Ian On 7/23/08, Ron Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [Ron] > The argument you and Arlo engage in seems to be a personal one... > > [Arlo] > If it seems that way, Ron, than you have misconstrued what's going on. > This is > an argument against talk-radio bigotry and fear masquerading as "inquiry > into > Pirsig's works". It is an argument against the types of moronic > distractive > tactics that make up the sum total of Platt's engagement here. 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/
