Hi Arlo, OK, my mistake. I welcome any "mistakes" as divined by dmb. I may not respond to them, however; I think I understand where dmb is coming from. I have presented Humanism as a new subject. Perhaps the dialogue will be more for agreement than negation of one's own interpretation. Mark
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Arlo Bensinger <[email protected]> wrote: > [Mark] > Arlo, you avoided Marsha's original suggestion. > > [Arlo] > No I didn't. You asked a question about Humanism, a few other people chimed > in, DMB entered to make the points relating humanism to Pirsig's ideas. I > don't know what the problem is there at all? > > And I see no evidence that DMB is "blaming" people who disagree with him > (whatever that means). What I see is a condemnation of twisting Pirsig's > ideas, and holding to a foundation from which our disagreements can > germinate. I disagree with Pirsig on a few points, and I have no problem > separating out where my disagreement is from what he wrote. And I imagine if > I wrote a post to the forum saying Pirsig actually meant what I want him to > have meant, that DMB would correct me as well. > > [Mark] > If dmb is the gatekeeper, fine, but he should describe what is inside the > gate for us newcomers. > > [Arlo] > Gatekeeper? Why do I think you are trying to twist this into a condemnation > of disagreement. Disagreement is healthy. Disagreement spawns the evolution > of ideas. Even minor disagreements that lead to better contextualization are > necessary and should be encouraged. No one is saying otherwise. But the > issue is not one of disagreement, its trying to manipulate a text to force > agreement where no agreement exists, and it is against that form of > dishonesty that we should all take a stand. > > 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
