This is so little of you mark, so low, almost representing nothing come to think of it, it is really representing nothing , wright?
2010/11/27 118 <[email protected]> > Hi dmb, > > On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 10:26 AM, david buchanan <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > Arlo said to dmb: > > You know, the funny thing is that those who pride themselves for being > > "outside" the wall mistakenly think that they themselves are not behind > an > > "immune system" of some sort, that it only us damned interlictials that > > suffer from being behind an immune system. > > > > > > dmb says: > > Funny? Again, you are much, much nicer than I am. I'd characterize these > > "outsiders" as preposterous and ridiculous, which is to say they have it > > exactly backwards and their objections are only meant as ridicule. In > that > > quote, Pirsig is asking the Oxfordians to give me and Ant a fair hearing. > He > > says we "deserve the careful, open-minded attention that early proponents > of > > any idea need" because the MOQ "is still in its infancy". He's asking the > > academic insiders to listen to us and in that sense we are the outsiders. > > Ant was the first in the world to get past that immune system. That's no > > small feat, one that inspired me to change my whole life. That's not > small > > either. But the anti-intellectual crowd turns that on it's head, as if > Ant > > and I didn't go to Oxford to put ourselves into heart of the lion's den. > > > > Anyway, thanks again for being so sane and so gracious about this stuff. > > > > [Mark] > > > Yeah, Oxford Smoxford, did my thesis defense there under J. Albery who was > the Master of University College at the time (oldest and largest of the > colleges). Great place, created by the monks, still has that religious > flair. Had to speak in tongues there. All that God stuff going on, and > the > stodgy academicians. I can see why you liked it. > > Well Harry Potter, take a look at Imperial College. Built on reason, not > some religion. Even Newton came from the more advanced Cambridge not > Oxford. Of course Newton was highly religious as shown in his Principia > (and don't forget about the apocalypse of 2060). I'll leave Oxford and all > that circular philosophy to you. Give me Science and Technology any day, > now there's a philosophy. > > Helps me to understand where you are coming from, though. > > Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > -- 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
