On Jan 4, 2011, at 10:58 AM, Arlo Bensinger wrote: > [Marsha] > I do not insist. > > [Arlo] > No? Because as far back as I can see in the archives there are posts by > "Marsha". Tell me, do you have a driver's license? Does it say "Marsha" on > it? What about your paycheck? I am certainly not talking about "nicknames", > of course we are known by variations, but there is a striving towards > continuity or perseverance, and my question to you is why? If "no self" is > all there is, what is the value that drives this?
Marsha: I do not insist. > [Marsha] > I would prefer not to confuse you. > > [Arlo] > I would think you'd find it a greater confusion to make people think there is > a "Marsha", or any continuity there at all. Why do you think it would > "confuse" me if you didn't insist on this continuity? Would it confuse you? It's a conventional label for pragmatic purposes. > [Marsha] > Doesn't mean they are equally interconnected. - I never stated "mutually > dependent." Are you going to start playing sophistry? > > [Arlo] > No, I am going to insist that if you say things you are able to handle the > ramifications. So now we have patterns that are "disequally interconnected"? Marsha: I would say that not all interconnections are of equal value. > If all patterns are interconnected (and I agree they are), then reflections > brought by interaction are reflections on all involved. A dialogue is like a > tapestry, any imperfections are constructed mutually. > > You seem to be saying you can murder someone, but if I call you a "murderer" > then that is a reflection just on me. (Or, conversely, that you can rescue a > child from a burning car, but if I call you a "hero" that is just a > reflection of me.) The negotiative aspect of discourse is aligning the two. Marsha: You seem to be jumping to conclusion that make no sense to me. ___ 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
