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Besides asking you to explain Radical Empiricism, here's another question for you? How do we encourage others (Ian, Dave T., David M., Matt K., Steve P., &etc.) to participate without subjecting them an intellectual shutdown via ad hominem attacks, because I dearly would like to hear of their points-of-view. Marsha On Sep 4, 2013, at 2:54 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > dmb, > > A MoQ is the sum of all the readings of the texts; there is no one, correct > reading. There is no priest required to explain THE MoQ. Your complaints > are hilarious. > > Do you have an intelligent question to ask? > > > Marsha > > > On Sep 3, 2013, at 3:33 PM, david buchanan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Andre said: >> >> In response to this slither [Marsha's slither] I posed 9 (!) questions. >> ...This is slither nr 10. ...I'm sure that she'll come up with others but >> wonder whether this type of behaviour is accepted as a 'legitimate response' >> (as she herself claims) on a discussion site such as this. Many posters put >> a lot of time, effort and energy into formulating a post and the only >> response Marsha usually gives is a one-line variation on the 10 ways of >> slithering out of a decent and reasonable response. >> It is obvious she doesn't have a response but I find this type of practice >> one of the most blatant gumption traps I encounter here. She does not share, >> does not engage in explorations and discussions, does not exchange views or >> intellegent ideas but instead seems only to inflate her own ego by >> presenting quotes she doesn't understand properly herself. >> Simply ignoring her is difficult because then you'd have to ignore 75percent >> of the space on this site. And I do not come here for 75 percent wasted >> digital space. There must be some other means and I suggest a ban for at >> least 3 months on contributing. Time for her to read ZMM and LILA and learn >> some stimulating, constructive written discussion skills. Her present >> behavious is enough to make one unsubscribe. >> >> >> >> dmb says: >> Marsha's constant dismissals and evasions are illegitimate, irresponsible >> and dishonest. Sometimes she even repeats her denials AFTER heaps of proof >> as to their falsity has been posted. There's nothing subtle about this kind >> of dishonesty. At that point, intellectual dishonesty is just a shameless >> lie. What kind of person is not ashamed to behave the way she behaves? I >> just don't get it. She simply refuses to engage in a discussion Pirsig's >> MOQ, so what need is getting met for her? Her interests are not >> intellectual, that's for sure, and yet she posts more than anyone. She'd >> post more if there weren't a rule against it. It's weirdly narcissistic, as >> if the structure of an idea were subject to her whims and wishes. Their >> actual shape and relations, if you will, is of no importance to her >> whatsoever. Imagine a mechanic who treated her machine or tools so >> capriciously. >> >> "Slithering" is a good word for it. It has the right connotation for her >> brand of evasion. There's always something low and slimy about her escape, >> as your list of 10 slithers amply showed. Instead of responding >> legitimately, her tactic is to cite some bogus reason why she doesn't have >> to respond. These bogus "reasons" are always vague and they're often >> insulting. One of my favorites is often repeated. She never literally said >> "you're not the boss of me" (like a child would) but that's what many of her >> "reasons" amount to. It would make a good three-minute comedy skit but it's >> not funny when it goes on for months and years. Then it's just sad. >> >> If good maintenance is an outer sign of inner peace, Marsha must be a >> nervous wreck. > 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
