On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Andre Broersen <[email protected]>wrote:
> Platt to Andre: > > > Like DMB and others, you are in denial about Pirsig calling the free market > "superior" to socialism. > > Andre previously: > > These patterns Pirsig identifies and debunks as a continuation of > 'Victorian social economic patterns' and this makes them LESS moral than > socialist intellectual economic patterns (Pirsig's emphasis).(LILA,pp224-5) > > Andre now: > You are intellectually dishonest. Platt No, you are intellectually dishonest. You ignore his conclusion and are still in denial that the free market is "superior" to socialism. > > > Platt: > You nailed it. Pirsig criticizes the dominant intellectual pattern, > "rationality," the essence of "critical thinking." Thanks for making my > point. Now, what other intellectual patterns have higher quality than those > based on reason? > > Andre: > Oh, I forgot you equate the intellectual level with SOM. > > > Platt > Why don't you simply say: Platt is a conservative and supports free market > capitalism, so I will do whatever I can to slime him. Not what one expects > when trying to reach mutual understanding. > > Andre: > I have the very strong sense that you do not want to reach 'mutual > understanding'. You are only here to push your own personalized sq > cart....and fuck the rest. Platt Mutual understanding doesn't mean mutual agreement as you seem to think... > > > > > 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
