Hi Platt
You're quite wrong. There is no censorship going on here or enforcement
of purity of thought or whatever other rhetorical mangling you care to
mention.
On 01/07/2010 14:43, [email protected] wrote:
Hi Horse,
Oh, oh. The spectre of censorship arises. Now the arbiters of "the truth"
threaten. Does your warning to sentence Bo to Siberia also apply to me, Mary, Marsha and
others who are at least willing to entertain the idea that the Pirsig may be wrong?
I see - you're comparing me to the Russian Communists by the above
comments. I hope Mary is reading this and will admonish you in the same
way that she admonished me. Somehow I doubt it.
What I have said to Bo applies to all with regard to the SOL issue but
as it is Bo's baby, it was addressed to him.
I have no objections to you or anyone else being willing to say that you
believe Pirsig is wrong - I have also disagreed with some of what Pirsig
has said. What I have stated that I object to is Bo's continual and
deceitful attempts to say that Pirsig is the originator of the SOL
(untrue) and that Pirsig supports the the idea that SOM (S/O etc.) =
Intellectual level (also untrue), along with other false statements
regarding Pirsig's support for the SOL.
Enforcement of purity of thought smacks of the totalitarian mind.
It does, you're right, and for this reason I would never do such a thing
as you know only too well.
And Pirsig would be the last person in the world to say you must agree with him
or else
you are persona non grata.
And Bo should be the first person to say that Pirsig has stated that he
doesn't agree with Bo's SOL interpretation of the MoQ. Pirsig has said
this and if Bo continues to ignore what Pirsig has said and say the
opposite then he's a liar. He's also being maliciously deceitful and
this is why I am asking him to cease his lies and deceptions.
I urge you to reconsider your position.
There is no need to reconsider my position - my position is as clear as
Pirsigs position regarding the SOL. Bo must stop the deception and
distortion. It's wrong and to continue is similarly wrong.
No doubt your motive is well intentioned,
You know perfectly well that it is Platt and I'm also sure that you know
what I'm saying makes sense and is the right thing to do.
By all means support Bo's idea that SOM (S/O etc.) = Intellectual level
- just stop saying that this is Pirsigs position or that he is the
originator of the SOL or similar such nonsense. Is that asking too much?
but please consider that censorship violates the "moral right of intellect to be
free of social control" -- a basic tenet of the MOQ.
Another basic tenet of the MoQ is that lies, dishonesty and deliberate
deception to achieve ones intellectual ends is a violation of the good.
Bo is guilty of this and needs to re-evaluate his position.
Cheers
Horse
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