Ok Ron, I'll buy that. Environmentalism is the kindergarten of a Quality Metaphysics.
MoQ ho! On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 8:32 AM, X Acto <[email protected]> wrote: > John, > Excellent points and one that I feel falls within the context of > environmentalism itself. But certainly in my own opinion any > environmentalism is prefferable to none at all. > Ho! > -Ron > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: John Carl <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, December 1, 2009 11:26:56 AM > Subject: Re: [MD] SOM's defect comes home to roost > > Ron, > > The deadly effect of environmentalism is the objectification of man's > relationship with nature into a human-centered values system - with long > range repercussions undreamt of at the outset. This was Deep Ecology's > insight into SOM's subsuming of values. > > Even in a shallow way, if we look at global warming as a real effect of > man's planetary dominance, then we could see it as the planet's defensive > immune system attacking the human cancer which is growing beyond natural > limits. Therefore, society's urge to mitigate the fever without really > curing the disease is a far worse problem than having to relocate coastal > population centers further north. > > imo, > > John > > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 6:38 AM, X Acto <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What are the deadly consequences of environmentalism? > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tue, December 1, 2009 9:36:13 AM > > Subject: [MD] SOM's defect comes home to roost > > > > Hi All: > > > > One of the main messages of the MOQ is SOM's lack of morality: > > > > "But having said this, the Metaphysics of Quality goes on to say that > > science, the intellectual pattern that has been appointed to take over > > society, has a defect in it. The defect is that subject-object science > has > > no provision for morals." (Lila, 22) > > > > Now with the revelation in e-mails that several renowned scientists have > > been fudging climate warming data we once again see evidence of > > Pirsig's truth. Because they lack a "provision for morals" in their > > worldview, it is all too easy for scientists to succumb to sinful > behavior. > > Sure, they talk a good game about transparency, honesty and > > objectivity. But the historical record shows otherwise including, among > > other hoaxers, Mengele on medicine, Mead on Samoans, Kinsey on sex > > and Carlson on DDT. > > > > The current exposure of a data cover up in service of a political agenda > > should serve as a warning against blind acceptance of scientific > > authority so prevalent among today's intellectuals. In such circles, the > > language of "right" and "wrong" has been displaced by the phrase, "The > > research shows . . ." But what if the research is fraudulent? The UN's > > answer: "Never mind." > > > > Because of SOM's "defect" we're being led down the primrose path of > > environmentalism with potentially deadly consequences. We can only > > hope that the scientific community will clean up its own house. But don't > > bet on it. I suspect leftist ideology will again trump honesty. > > > > Regards, > > Platt > > > > 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/ > 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/
