> You do know that this stance negates your > proir position on multiculturalism. > > Multiculturalism is a more dynamic position > than adhereing to old mono cultural ethics > and prejudices. > > Multicultualism transcends cultural patterns socially > and intellectually defines the social norms of conduct. > creating a dynamic society which is open to change. > Making it moraly superior to those that do not.
Multiculturism is based on the postmodern idea that all cultures are morally equal, i.e, that they are neither "good nor bad," "right or wrong." This idea is challenged by the MOQ. "A culture that supports the dominance of social values over biological values is an absolutely superior culture to one that does not, and a culture that supports the dominance of intellectual values over social values is absolutely superior to one that does not " So a democratic republic that protects individual rights to free speech, private property, trial by jury, etc. is superior to a Stalinist regime that requires individuals to support the dictates of a communist state under penalty of imprisonment or death. I make no apology for my bias towards a culture of democracy as opposed to a culture of totalitarianism. > ________________________________ > From: Platt Holden <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, January 3, 2009 9:52:27 AM > Subject: Re: [MD] Multiculturalism scam > > > Therefore, Platt, If I may be so bold as to suggest re-focusing your > > bias > > in such a manner as to look at those cultures which value intellectual > > dynamism as having morally superiority over those that do not. > > Exactly so. I assume your bias is also thus focused?. > Platt > > > > ________________________________ > > From: X Acto <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Saturday, January 3, 2009 9:07:40 AM > > Subject: Re: [MD] Multiculturalism scam > > > > > > > > Make no mistake, religeon and science are > > competing forms of intellectual patterns. > > The struggle is between older static patterns > > and newer more dynamic patterns. > > > > Now if you want to say that the more dynamic > > intellectual patterns are the ones that are moraly > > superior to those intellectual patterns which are > > more static, then you have a more reliable > > assessment of the situation. > > -ron > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > I challenged you to have a look at this LILA quote > > > > "But what the larger intellectual structure of the Metaphysics of > > Quality makes clear is that this political battle of science to > free > > itself from domination by social moral codes was in fact a > > moral battle! It was the battle of a higher, intellectual level of > > evolution to keep itself from being devoured by a lower, social > > level of evolution." (Lila, 24) > > > > Science is SOM, that much we agree on? And if science tries to free > > itself from social (level) domination it must be intellect's foremost > > value. In fact Pirsig just says it here, it's intellect's cause. If > this > > isn't > > SOL what is? > > > > Bo > > > 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/ > > > > > 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/ 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/
