Hi Dmb, [dmb] Never-changing" is the only logical alternative to Marsha's "ever-changing"?
You cannot be serious. Why are there no options between ever and never? Of all the false dilemmas I've ever seen, this one takes the cake. I'll bet there is an official latin name for that particular form of error but the plain term "bogus" will do just fine. I'm really kind of stunned at how stupid this is getting... [Mary] Ditto, Dave, Ditto. Hang in there, Dave. As for the dilemma? Your view of the change thing? Reminds me of being a little bit pregnant. Best, Mary On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 6:17 PM, david buchanan <[email protected]> wrote: > > dmb said: > The problem with this complaint is that nobody said that static patterns are > never-changing or permanent... > > Mary replied: > > ... In an attempt to understand why Marsha's statement should be attacked I > asked the obvious question, which is, that if you don't believe SPOVs are > ever-changing, then that must mean you think they are unchanging. ...given > the vociferous objections to Marsha's statement that SPOVs are > "ever-changing", that is the only logical alternative for people opposed to > Marsha. > > dmb says: > "Never-changing" is the only logical alternative to Marsha's "ever-changing"? > > You cannot be serious. Why are there no options between ever and never? Of > all the false dilemmas I've ever seen, this one takes the cake. I'll bet > there is an official latin name for that particular form of error but the > plain term "bogus" will do just fine. > > The reason Marsha's statement so richly deserves to be refuted is that it > defies the english language and the MOQ's first distinction. The term > "ever-changing" is a good description of Dynamic Quality. That's exactly how > Pirsig characterizes the everything that is NOT static quality. Marsha's > statement could hardly be more wrong. It blurs and confuses the first and > most basic line drawn. > > I'm really kind of stunned at how stupid this is getting. I'm just gonna get > back to work before I say anything that's deeply regrettable. > > Best of luck, > > > > 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
