Well dmb if you actually tried reason and discourse instead of knee-jerk reactions you wouldn't be so jumpy. Ass
Nick > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "david buchanan" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MD] Reductionism > Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 17:00:21 -0600 > > > > Thanks, Gav. You're way too generous, though. As I see it, my job > is to object to some of the stuff that's way, way off. I actually > feel alarmed when it seems somebody is distorting the MOQ to serve > some other purpose. Usually, that other purpose is religion or > politics. When I see that, it conjures up the sort of feeling one > would have while watching one's sister date a creepy loser. It's a > combination of disgust and alarm, which produces a desire to save > the beautiful thing from being tainted. But it's not as bad as all > that. It's also a kind of exercise. And it's fun. I just wish my > sister could screen her dates better, you know? > > > > > > > Gav said: > > dmb has never been arrogant to me, though he has helped > > refine/correct my understanding of the moq. > > > > this is a forum for discussing the MOQ, not nap, nlp, pps or pjbgtgb.... > > dave and ant are in accord with each other, mr pirsig, and his > > books and other works. ant and dave *represent* the moq and bob: > > this is the truth of the situation. > > > > when folks argue against ant or dave chances are they are arguing > > against bob and chances are they don't or won't understand his > > work. > > > > this is what i see over and over again. > > > > i do not see ant or dave accorded the respect they deserve, > > especially dave. i therefore see nothing wrong with him defending > > himself and showing up his detractors with hilarious precision: > > au contraire! > > > > egos are meant to be deflated > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live™ SkyDrive™: Get 25 GB of free online storage. > http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_SD_25GB_062009 > 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/
