On Apr 26, 2011, at 1:19 PM, Andre Broersen wrote: > Marsha, the 'picky' ;-) to Andre: > > Hate to be picky, but I was wondering where there is a quote provided. It > seems you offer mostly you own personal paraphrasing, which is not a quote. > > Andre: > 'dissolved' is the term Ron used and I repeated it. > > 'REsolved' is the term Pirsig used in the statement: > 'The Metaphysics of Quality has much much more to say about ethics, however, > than simple resolution of the Free Will vs. Determinism controversy'. (LILA, > p 160, Bantham Press hardcover copy, 1991) > > I emphasised the 'RE' to distinguish from the 'dis', which Ron used. > > 'But to the extent that one follows Dynamic Quality, which is undefinable, > one's behavior is free'. This quote also from LILA same page, just above the > aforementioned statement. > > 'It seems to me that to equate 'freedom' with 'follow static choices as we > like'...' Ron used this and I repeated it. > > 'The MOQ points to the possibility of freedom which is 'determined' ...to the > extent that one follows DQ'. > > I used the single punctuation marks '' with 'determined' to indicate a > 'figure of speech', a 'for want of another/better word' as I am reluctant to > assign any 'activity' onto DQ. For me DQ simply is. > > Happy now Marsha? >
Hi Andre, First, I agree with the sentiments provided in your post. But no I'm not happy. Quotes have authority, especially RMP's, and should be presented properly which means starting and ending with " (double quotes) or indented. It shouldn't be up to the reader to decide when your using a direct quote and when you are representing your own thoughts or emphasizing words. Also enough information should be given, for the reader to find the quote in the book to evaluate its context if desired. So you do not think I'm picking on you, at one time I had a hissy-fit with Bo for the same reason. How you want to graphically emphasize words, I'll leave up to your own creative resources, but save the double-quotes for words repeated from a book or speech. Marsha ___ 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
