Hi Andre, > > > > I am afraid to observe that ever since Mary brought the > 'fundamentalist' > > and the 'liberalist' distinction into play things have developed into > an > > us-versus-them battle. This is very low quality. > > > > And what was the reasoning? The 'fundamentalists', in the process of > still > > developing sound, high quality understandings of Mr. Pirsig's > writings > > prefer to stay as close as is possible to these writings in an effort > not to > > distort their meanings nor their intentions and thereby developing > high > > quality experiential patterns for themselves. That is, static > > representations of dynamic experiences. > > > > The 'liberals'are opposed to this. They follow and 'Hurray' the free > > thinking Bodvar who suggests that their experiences are SOM... and > everyone > > agrees and everyone is happy with the free thinker! > > > > But you do not think and experience for yourself!!! As Pirsig ( yeah, > sorry > > to bring him up again)argued, this dualistic way of approaching the > > motorcycle sounds right (because we are indoctrinated by it and > therefore so > > used to it) but it is an artificial interpretation. It's never been > reality > > itself. > > > > Mr. Pirsig opens the experiential abstractions ( inorganic, organic, > social > > and intellectual) and Bodvar closes them with his intellectual > definition > > (SOM). Now, who's the real MoQ'er? > >
[Mary Replies] "What we've got here is a failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach. So you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it... well, he gets it. I don't like it any more than you men." - "Cool Hand Luke", 1967. 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
