I don't think so Ron. It's like multiplying a negative by a negative, you get a positive.
Now, griping about griping about griping.... THAT gets us back into "just as bad" territory again. Shame on you! On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 5:01 PM, X Acto <[email protected]> wrote: > and then griping about griping is just as bad > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: John Carl <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, April 14, 2010 4:40:15 PM > Subject: Re: [MD] re, fellow european-Bodvar > > Platt and Arlo, Hey guys. > > [Platt] > > > > There's lots of that sort of parasitic twaddle going on here rather than > > what Pirsig hoped for from this site, namely, Dynamic creative philosophy > > (such as > > Bo exemplifies) instead of the "mind-numbing scholarly precision" of > > academic philosophers. > > > > [Arlo] > > Bo exemplifies consistency in his determination to promote his own > > interpretation of the MOQ, which is fine and commendable. > > > John: > > Is "consistency in determination" the same as "Dynamic creative philosophy" > ? Because honestly? They seem sort of opposite of each other to my > understanding. > > > Arlo: > > > > I don't know "what Pirsig hoped for", but again since those he chooses to > > interact directly with are your "evil academics", I'd have to say it > would > > seem as if Pirsig endorses more the work being done by the likes of Ant > and > > DMB then the sophomoric, anti-intellectual "random thoughts" others post > > here. > > > > > I dunno either Arlo, but if I was making my best guess, I'd say Platt's > idea > of the matter is far closer than yours. > > But me, I always get uncomfortable with anybody criticizing what goes on > here. Platt or Arlo. What happens, happens. If you want better dialogue, > make some. Griping about the lousy dialogue doesn't really seem that > pragmatically useful to me. > > John in search of pragmatic usefulness. > 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/md/archives.html > > > > > 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/md/archives.html > 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/md/archives.html
