Dan said to dmb:
Let me ask you: do you think Bodvar and Platt were laughing when they read what
RMP wrote? Is it a knee-slapper for you when RMP sends a little praise your way?
dmb says:
I am shocked (SHOCKED!) to learn that gambling goes on in this casino.
More seriously, I just think criticism is an unavoidable part of exchanging
views. It's supposed to hurt a little bit, unless you're just stroking
yourself. Taking criticism personally is unrealistic and more than a little bit
childish. What's the proper response to criticism? Do you defend your claims?
Or is it more fruitful to make a big fuss about the critic's motives and table
manners? If we don't worry so much about pride and such, criticism can make you
stronger or sharper or whatever. Criticisms are supposed to answered, not wept
over or turned into a sore spot. Anything other than an actual answer is
worthless, if you ask me.
It is an honor to be corrected by Pirsig and he was very gracious about it too.
But what concerns me far more than whether or not that correction hurt their
pride or bruised their feelings. Isn't that just stuff that grown-ups have to
deal with? What concerns me is both of them totally ignored the actual content
of Pirsig's correct and they have both tenaciously held onto that defiance to
this day. I still get hostile posts from Bodvar telling me that Pirsig and I do
not "get" the MOQ. Sorry, but I am not going to pretend like that's okay. There
is something very wrong with that kind of tenacity of belief. That whole
attitude defies intellectual values in a very big way and I think it's more
than worthy of condemnation.
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