Hi Ron: [Ron] > All, > > To lump all the nations of American Indian into one conception is a > fallacy. > > Every nation and tribe within it has varying language and social morals > and customs.
Excellent point. In fact, many fallacies stem from lumping individuals into groups. > As I know of, Robert Pirsig only spent ONE evening at a sacred ritual > usually reserved for > social members only. Pirsigs assumptions are loosely based about a > culture he new little about > in a personal experience kind of way. > > I would not accredit him as any kind of an authority on native culture. > But his insights about > this fact are on the money, which is the point of Lila. > > He' doesn't know diddly about women either but he wrote about Lila, > which illustrated his point > that we really do not know anything about anyone but ourselves. What we > THINK we know > is predicated on preconception. I don't see any difference between what we know and what we think we know. What am I missing? > So unless you are native and live on the res, and are immersed in the > culture then there is'nt ahell of a lot > for you to say accurately ..is there? Well, we do accept truth from authorities. If my wife tells me she's pregnant, I believe her even if I can't directly experience being pregnant. But, your point is well taken. If you live with and are immersed in a particular group, you are more likely to accurately describe the group's values than an outsider. Platt 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/
