> > > It is moral for intellectual Chinese to attack their collectivist masters, > as they did in 1989. > > > "And this is a war in which intellect, to end the paralysis of society > has > > to know whose side it is on, and support that side and never undercut > it. > > Where biological values are undermining social values intellectuals > must > > identify social behavior, not matter its ethnic connection, and support > it > > all the way without restraint. Intellectuals must find biological > > behavior, > > no matter what its ethnic connection, and limit or destroy destructive > > biological patterns with complete moral ruthlessness., the way a doctor > > destroys germs, before those biological patterns destroy civilization > > itself." (Lila,24) > > [Platt] > > As above, intellect has to constantly battle the push for control by > the > > forces of collectivist Soc. PoV's that you have so eloquently described > in > > China. > > > > "It says that what is meant by "human rights" is usually the moral code of > intellect-vs. -society, the moral right of intellect to be free of social > control. Freedom of speech; freedom of assembly, of travel; trial by jury; > habeas corpus; government by consent-these "human rights" are all > intellect- > vs.-society issues." (Lila, 24) > > You'll see better if you open the book. > > It is taken then, that thy Bolshevik revolution o 1917 moral to thee in > thy theory. > Marxism being thy intellectual sudueing thy tyrranous czar collective > regime.
No. It isn't moral to replace a tyranny with another tyranny. (I don't know why I ever bother to answer.) > we ask lo- flat one, what is more moral to you? > social control by a lone intellectual or > social control by a collection of intellectuals? Neither. Open the book and read what Pirsig says about the free market. 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/
