Thank you, John. After all these years of trying to toughen up, all I could hear was my mother's voice saying 'Now be nice...'. Damn!
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Carl Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 11:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MD] Pirsig/James connection Is a bummer tho. Oh well, the MoQ is like a bus, if passengers get off, another will come along in about 10 minutes. Right? I mean, Davids who love W. James must be a dime a dozen, I've only been here a few months and already TWO of 'em have been and gone. On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 8:29 AM, John Carl <[email protected]> wrote: > Marsha, > Never apologize, never retract and never equivocate. Get it done and let > them howl. > > I read that quote from an English teacher somewhere once and it stuck with > me. (Maybe it easy Strunk and White's Elements of Style?) > > Anyway, please don't feel like shit. If they can't take the thorns, they > don't deserve the rose. > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 6:12 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Dave, >> >> Please don't go... I really, really, really apologize. There are no >> popes >> or monks, and certainly no saints. Your contribution IS important!!! >> It's >> important to the MoQ. Geeeeezzz. I feel like shit! >> >> Please don't go... >> >> >> Marsha >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Thomas >> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 9:03 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [MD] Pirsig/James connection >> >> On 9/14/09 6:43 AM, "MarshaV" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Dave, >> > >> > My opinions have often been ignored in this forum, and I've have never >> > suffered from the neglect. By all means, analyze the Pirsig/James >> > connection to your hearts content. I apologize for expressing an >> opposing >> > opinion. >> > >> > >> > Marsha >> > >> Don't apologize. Actually upon a good night's sleep and a little >> reflection >> I really need to thank you. You were right, there are many high quality >> things that I could and should be doing that I interrupted to jump back >> into >> this. >> >> There was concern early on in Lila Squad that the site would turn into a >> fan >> club or cult of celebrity. But I bet even RMP couldn't have foreseen that >> books laced with philosophy would developed a cult-like following. Or that >> by railing against the "Church of Reason" while pointing to one of the >> most >> mystical and esoteric of the Eastern religions, Zen, would lead to a whole >> bunch of people who see the "Church of Unreason" as a viable religious >> alternative. >> >> This site has always had a pattern of a few "priest or monks" with longer >> experience validating the newcomer's hope that there really was something >> more to RMP's work than a good read. It did that for me, and I assume many >> others. Pirsig pointed to two paths. Philosophy and Zen. Neither paths are >> simple or easy. Both together can be life consuming. It's no secret that I >> chose the philosophy path. A much easier path is to take the WORD of >> Pirsig >> on faith and proceed on. The Bible, Koran, and Pali Canon have all had >> good >> runs, why not ZMM? >> >> I'm out of here >> >> Dave >> >> PS: Bo, Congratulations on your elevation to Pope of The High Church of >> Bob. >> Keep the flock rounded up, saying their "Hail Lila's" their "Our Bob who >> art >> in heaven's...."and observant to the ZMM Canon. Bye-Bye. >> >> >> 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/ 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/
