Thanks, dmb.
Marsha On Nov 10, 2012, at 2:13 PM, david buchanan wrote: > > Marsha said to Andre: > ...And in his recent post, dmb didn't make any point at all! Andre, who do > you and dmb think you're kidding? There was no "The point dmb and Pirsig are > making..." Dmb seems to be reluctant to make a point. > > dmb says: > Apparently, Marsha, you failed to see the point. It was a simple point. It > was clearly stated in just a couple sentences but also supported by several > paragraphs of textual evidence. Let me spell it because Jan's and Mark's > responses were almost as irrelevant as your response. > > Jan Anders Andersson said, "Economics is not about values" and "Economics is > a way to AVOID values". My point was to dispute that claim. "According to the > MOQ, fame and fortune are social level values," I said. "According to the > MOQ, our recent history is a clash of values, namely social level values as > opposed to intellectual values". > > See? Jan says "economics is not about values" and I showed why that's wrong. > Along with fame, Pirsig says, economics is a force that gives "society its > shape and meaning". (Lila 258) Economic IS about values, according to Pirsig. > More specifically, it is a central generator of social values. This was the > point and that point was supported by textual evidence. > > I think it's obvious that Jan's assertion has been totally defeated. His > response was totally irrelevant to the point. It's also obvious that you have > no idea what's going on, 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 ___ 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
