God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephantand the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things. (Pablo Picasso)
2010/11/1 Ham Priday <[email protected]> > Hi Horse -- > > > > Just a minor point but why would I eject you from MD? >> As far as I'm aware you haven't been abusive, you edit your posts >> properly, you don't inundate the forum with posts, you're generally polite >> etc. etc. >> Your point of view may be at odds with aspects of the MoQ >> but then there are some on this list who say they support the MoQ >> and then do their best to undermine it. >> Your political persuasion is not mine but then you don't shove that >> down everyone's throat at every possible opportunity. >> In short, you're very welcome here and, to be honest, if certain others on >> this forum behaved as well as you I would be a lot happier at times. >> > > Thanks for the vote of confidence, Horse. It's much appreciated. > > There are times when I feel compelled to speak out against ideas which > violate what I view as the most fundamental principles of reality, and > denial of the individual self is one of them. The rejection of man's > spiritual quest in the cause of anti-theism is another. We're all searching > for answers, but bashing the beliefs of others won't get us there. And I > certainly have no desire to undermine the MoQ. > > As you may recall, I was invited to join the MD in a response from Mr. > Pirsig to a query regarding values in the summer of 2004. After checking > out ZMM from our local library and reading LILA in paperback, I concluded > that the MoQ was a comprehensive aesthetic analogy for material existence. > Exposure to the MD quickly revealed that this worldview was to be taken > literally. Having developed a valuistic philosophy of my own, I began to > realize this was impossible for me. But by that time, I had become so > fascinated by what the forum participants were saying that I was hooked into > exchanging ideas with them. > > Pirsig is an appealing writer with a keen mind and an anthropological > flair. Although I don't put much stock in his alleged "radical empiricism", > I believe the Quality thesis will be his legacy to philosophy. The major > problem I have with the ontology is that Quality=Value must be realized, and > Value realized by a pattern of Quality is tautological. This is why I > stress value-sensibility as the essence of selfness. > > The anticipation of "ejection" may have exaggerated my metaphysical > differences with the author, for which I apologize. Anyway, it was gracious > of you to come to my defense with such a favorable report. I don't envy the > conflicts you mediate daily in what must be a frustrating role as the MD > administrator. > > Yours respectfully, > Ham > > > 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 > -- parser 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
