Hi Marsha, Yes, Mr. Pirsig is a good man. He is generous in his compliments although I suspect he doesn't give them as ego-building props that DMB constantly needs.
But, if DMB wants to play the game of pin-a-rose-on-me, I humbly offer a Pirsig accolade that is forever writ in Dan Glover's book, Lila's Child: "God knows the MOQ has never had two better friends than Bo and Platt, so this is no criticism of their otherwise brilliant thinking." Yes, Mr. Pirsig is not only a good man but also a good judge of "brilliant thinking." I'm sure this will be well received by DMB, Arlo and their apostles.. Platt On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 12:19 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Nov 14, 2010, at 10:03 PM, david buchanan wrote: > > > > > dmb says: > > Thanks, Arlo. I'm going to share a quote from Pirsig that nobody here has > ever seen. It was something he said over a year ago and I've been sitting on > it ever since. Ant and I were getting into the car to go over to Oxford's > campus for the MOQ study day when he handed me something he'd printed from > the internet and said something like, "Hey Dave, take a look at this". He > found it on the website of Pirsig's English publishers. > > > > "I'm very pleased to know that Dr. Anthony McWatt and David Buchanan will > be speaking at Oxford. They are the two foremost philosophers today on the > Metaphysics of Quality and its implications for the guidance of humanity. > General public understanding of this metaphysical system is still in its > infancy and they deserve the careful, open-minded attention that early > proponents of any idea need." (Robert Pirsig, October 2009) > > > > That seems a little over the top even to me. David Granger, whose Ph.D. > thesis has been published as the book titled "John Dewey, Robert Pirsig, and > the Art of Living", is certainly one of the foremost philosophers of the MOQ > and he's certainly foremoster than me. But still. If there is anyone that > can be a judge of who gets it and who doesn't, it's Pirsig. > > > > Okay. Let the shit storm begin. I can just see how well this will be > received by people like Mark and Marsha. As usual, they will be gracious and > charming and they'll take it in exactly the spirit it was given. (Yes, I'm > dripping with sarcasm.) > > > Marsha: > Mr. Pirsig is a good man. > > > > 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
