Recall that DMB found it necessary to bring up Pirsig's compliment as a "look at me" ego boost. I responded in kind to illustrate the shallowness and sadness of the pin-a-rose-on-me gambit. Obviously, the irony went right over your head.
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Arlo Bensinger <[email protected]> wrote: > [Platt] > > When Pirsig says DMB's thinking is brilliant, whether otherwise on one > issue or not, I'll be the first to congratulate him instead of trying to > demean him in a pitiful effort to build up my ego. > > [Arlo] > And yet when Pirsig says that DMB is one of the two foremost philosophers > on the MOQ (along with Ant), you reply with a condescending... > > "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." > > Followed by nothing more than "look at me". > > Where was the "congratulations" there? You keep talking about DMB's > ego-needs, and I think its very evident you are projecting. > > > 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
