[Platt] He himself said, "It was this intellectual level that was screwing everything up." (Lila, 24) His meaning is clear.
[Arlo] THIS. One among many. Not THE. "Was this the intellectual pattern that [was going to run things]? (don't have my full e-LILA at home" (LILA). But never mind this, he explicitly states that he his idea is that SOM is but one intellectual pattern, and the MOQ another. He says the SOL undermines his meaning. Yes, it IS clear what his meaning is, it is just what he says it is. But, again, the point is that Bo's MOQ is NOT Pirsig's MOQ. You can have all the valid dialogue about which is better, but you can NOT claim that SOL is what "Pirsig meant". So you disagree with Pirsig. I disagree with him on some points. No problem with that. Embrace it. Run with it. Tell everyone why Bo's MOQ is superior to Pirsig's MOQ, but stop with the nonsense that tries to say the SOL is what Pirsig meant, when he clearly and explicitly has denied this. Personally, I think Pirsig's MOQ is correct on this issue. And I agree with him that the SOL undermines its power. You adhere to Bo's MOQ, and this is fine. Just be honest about the distinction. 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
