Are you talking to me? I mentioned that I was tired of the abuse I have received here, yes. But how would you or anyone for that matter like it if they spent a good deal of time answering someone's queries only to be told to go stuff yourself? You must have read the responses I got from Ron and Mark. Both very high quality posts, right?
Not. I always thought this was a discussion group, not a place to be lured into a trap or to be heaped with insults that have absolutely nothing to do with the matter at hand. And yes, I know you have taken your share of abuse too. I commend you for hanging in here. It isn't right the way some contributors have treated you either. Mark was out of control. He obviously had nothing better to do with his time than to type endless posts to the discussion group and worse, his understanding of the MOQ was less than negligible. I for one found it embarrassing to belong to the same list. There are actually people out there reading his posts and taking them as indicative of the quality here. Is it so much to ask that a person read Lila before contributing to the list? Is it so much to ask that we (for the most part) stay on task so far as discussing the MOQ? Horse grants us a lot of leeway here. We shouldn't take advantage of it. Perhaps the discussion I am having with David H. isn't up your alley. That's fine. Most all your discussions with Mark weren't up my alley either so I left you alone. Until he started in with some really incredible statements like the words Robert Pirsig wrote aren't important. Come on. What kind of asshole statement is that? What was he doing here if the books RMP wrote aren't important? Plus, you must remember, Horse asked us all to take a bigger lead here if we wanted the list to maintain the quality it has been known for in the past. I know I am not the most intelligent person here -- I basically shun academia -- but I've been around a long time and I know what he is saying. We've had some very high quality contributions in the past. But the actions of those like Mark were pulling down everyone. And just because I am not involved in academia doesn't mean I don't respect those who are. I do! I guess I don't feel the pull for it that they do. I envy them in a way. I'd like to belong to something bigger than me. Perhaps that is part of the reason I've stayed with this group for so long. I feel I have learned things here I could never learn in a university. But I am probably wrong as I have never attended one so how would or could I know that? Anyway, I never meant to whine or complain. I was just stating things the way I see it. It is all there in the archives if you doubt my words. And I do enjoy your posts comparing Zen Buddhism to the MOQ. I am hesitant to reply to them as I am not as well-versed in Buddhist literature as you. Thank you for reading, Dan On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 4:56 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Gents, > > I can't stand it. I can't stand it. All the sighing, whining and > complaining about Mark and I making intellectual discussion impossible. > Where is the high quality intellectual discussion needing to be presented by > you "intellectuals"? Where is it? > > Lucy > 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 -- http://www.danglover.com 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
