Marsha: I hope you are not implying that the praises were falsely presented to lessen the impact. That would be one way to pattern (interpret) the statement. I still see Platt and Bo as brilliant. I wonder if Mr. Pirsig has thought any poster 100% correct. If not, his same statement of being wrong could be applied to any us, and without the "otherwise brilliant thinking" part.
On Jul 21, 2011, at 11:48 PM, Dan Glover wrote: > Hello everyone > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 8:37 PM, Steven Peterson > <[email protected]> wrote: >> LC annotation 126. "God knows, the MOQ has never had two better >> friends than Bo and Platt." > > Dan: > > Yes... notice how skillfully Robert Pirsig uses praise to lessen the > impact of telling Bo and Platt that they're wrong: > > "... so this is no criticism of their otherwise > brilliant thinking. It’s just that I see a lowering of the > quality of the MOQ itself if you follow this path of > subordinating it to that which it opposes." [RMP annotation 126] > > Dan comments: > > Really, we could learn a great deal from this here. And God (it is > meant as a literary device, not an actual statement of belief) knows I > am as guilty as the next person in condemning and criticizing. > > Just something to consider, that's all. > > Thank you, > > Dan ___ 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
