Hi Platt, Dmb can insult me until the cows come home, it is meaningless.
Thanks for the kind words. Marsha On Jul 22, 2010, at 3:56 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Hi Marsha, > > I'll take your understanding, philosophical insights and wisdom over DMB's > arrogant nastiness and presumption of intellectual superiority any day. > Next thing you know he'll call you a racist. > > Platt > > > > On 22 Jul 2010 at 12:22, MarshaV wrote: > >> >> On Jul 22, 2010, at 12:12 PM, david buchanan wrote: >> >>> >>> Marsha said: >>> ...because RMP has clearly stated that there are many truths, and in >>> regards to philosophy a position can be both true and false, and that truth >>> is relative, I am correct to stick with what I know from my own experience. >>> >>> dmb says: >>> >>> Well, Marsha, as I keep pointing out, you have confused Buddhism with >>> fascism. >> >> Marsha: >> Do you think so? >> >> >>> Your understanding of the MOQ turns it into relativist nightmare. Like I >>> said to John, you have confused diversity with promiscuity. I mean, wanting >>> lots of different opinions is not the same thing as dropping our standards >>> of quality to accommodate every opinion. That's just intellectual >>> debauchery. >> >> Marsha: >> And like I've said to you, what you think matters little to me, though I >> wish you well. >> >>> >>> "If relativism signifies contempt for fixed categories and those who claim >>> to be the bearers of objective immortal truth ... then there is nothing >>> more relativistic than Fascist attitudes and activity... From the fact that >>> all ideologies are of equal value, that all ideologies are mere fictions, >>> the modern relativist infers that everybody has the right to create for >>> himself his own ideology and to attempt to enforce it with all the energy >>> of which he is capable." (Benito Mussolini, 1921) >> >> Marsha: >> Geez... >> >> >>> Part of the problem is that you define static patterns as ever-changing. >>> That's like defining stable to mean unstable. It's just plainly wrong. >>> There is DQ and there is sq and "ever-changing" is a good description of >>> just one of them and it isn't the latter. There is a 50-50 chance of >>> getting that right but you blew it. >> >> Marsha: >> You think about however it works for you. I will continue to explore my >> own understanding. >> >> >>> This is a philosophy forum, you know? Killing static intellectual patterns >>> has it's place but not during a philosophy discussion. That would be like >>> touting the virtues of fasting during a feast or expressing the joy of >>> dance at a funeral. It's just insensitive to the point of obliviousness. >>> It's like pooping in the punch bowl. You might feel liberated but that's >>> not enlightenment. You're using "meditation" as cover so you don't have to >>> play by the same rules as everyone else. >>> >>> You're too enlightened for philosophy? Jeez, I think you flatter yourself >>> way too much. >> >> >> Marsha: >> I'm not enlightened, but I am wise enough to know I don't know. > > 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
