Interesting DMB, Ant, ... I would agree with the assertion anyway ... "the election of Obama [was] a triumph of intellectual over social values".
I remember a fair bit of MoQ.Discuss debate in the wake of the Obama victory. I don't recall that quote from Bob to Ant, was it published here at the time ? (Just interested in maybe citing it at some point.) Regards Ian On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 7:10 AM, david buchanan<[email protected]> wrote: > > dmb said: > In Lila Pirsig refers to himself as a liberal intellectual. I think that's > true enough. In fact, he sees the election of Obama as a triumph of > intellectual over social values. > > > Platt replied: > Without a reference I doubt if Pirsig "sees" that. If he did, he's > contradicting what he said in Lila about the intellectual pattern that > dominates society having a "defect in it," namely, no provision for morals. > Seeing the fascist trend of the Obozo administration... > > dmb says:For some reason I think you'd find a way to dismiss it even if I > provided a reference. In fact, I think there is already enough material in > the books. But (sigh) here it is anyway. As you can see, Pirsig does NOT > think Obama is a clown or a fascist. > > > > Pirsig to McWatt January 7th 2008: > > "The surprise victory of Barak Obama in Iowa is a major social > evolutionary step for this country. I am reading interviews of black people > who just can’t believe it has happened, particularly in Iowa, which only 2% > black. The evil generated by slavery isn’t completely over, but, I think the > MOQ would say it is a major victory of the intellectual level over the social > level that has been centuries in coming." > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. > http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd_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/ > 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/
