Right and I contemplate natural law, but Arlo contemplates being a thief and murderer cause he doesn't follow the NAP and Arlo likes to violate liberty
Nick > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "X Acto" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MD] Coerce me? How? > Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 13:04:41 -0700 (PDT) > > > [Platt] > No. The founders and their forebears got it from REVELATION. > > [Arlo] > Not according to Pirsig. I'll stick with him. > > "And yet, although Jefferson called this doctrine of social > equality "self-evident," it is not at all self-evident. Scientific > evidence and the social evidence of history indicate the opposite > is self-evident. There is no "self-evidence" in European history > that all men are created equal. There's no nation in Europe that > doesn't trace its history to a time when it was "self-evident" that > all men are created unequal. Jean Jacques Rousseau, who is > sometimes given credit for this doctrine, certainly didn't get it > from the history of Europe or Asia or Africa. He got it from the > impact of the New World upon Europe and from contemplation of one > particular kind of individual who lived in the New World, the > person he called the "Noble Savage." "(Pirsig) > > He got it from CONTEMPLATION. Maybe you should try to understand > that Pirsig guy someday. > > [Platt] > Gee, I wonder why I would tend to believe those who founded a > nation over a college instructor or some modern SOM intellectual?. > > [Arlo] > You mean Pirsig? Because that's who I quoted. > > Ron: > Arlo did you make that up? cause it dont serve Platts arguement..... > > ya musta made it up > > Platt aint neva wrong > > > cause Platt an Pirsig go together like Fred flintstone and Burt Renolds > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Arlo Bensinger <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 3:58:04 PM > Subject: Re: [MD] Coerce me? How? > > > > > > > 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/ > -- Be Yourself @ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com 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/
