Thanks Dan, It's good to be here again.
On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Dan Glover <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi John > Good to see you back! > > I sort of looked into the other list you mention but it seemed pretty much > a waste of time, and the older I get the less time I have. > > I was hoping to engage Marsha in a discussion but as always whenever it > started to get half-way interesting she turned a cold shoulder to it and > began mumbling about ever-changing contexts and insulting me with > poorly-veiled innuendos. Sort of reminds me of Uncle Bo and his gentle > demeanor to everyone who happened to disagree with him. > > Unfortunately, such shenanigans began to pull down the entire discussion > group. Those who are looking for serious interactions with others are put > off and either stop contributing or unsubscribe all together. Soon, all > that's left is sheer goofiness. > > We should all appreciate the opportunity we have here to discuss Robert > Pirsig's ideas. Horse provides an excellent venue for us to share ideas and > compare our interpretations of the MOQ... he should be commended for all > his time and money he puts into it. > > Anyway, I haven't read the book you mentioned but yes, less antagonism > would probably be a good thing. For my part, I'll be more congenial too, at > least until I'm not. > > Thank you, > > Dan > > > > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 1:32 PM, John Carl <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I had applied to Horse and was waiting for news of acceptance for about a > > week, when I finally noticed an old filter over on the sidebar of gmail, > > that I remembered setting up to keep MD out of my in box and in it's own > > category. Oops. > > > > I was sorry to hear about Marsha. I'd been missing Marsha was one > reason I > > came back to MD. We never hear from Marsha at LS, she doesn't adulterate > > at all where even horse popped his head over the door occasionally. > Which > > I encourage others to join. I think a two-fold approach is a good idea, > > one classic, one romantic and it would keep silly nonesense in one sphere > > and solid discussion in another. People could choose to their mood and > not > > have the wrong stuff foisted on 'em. And I always hoped Marsha would > join > > over there. Isn't Lila her model and mode? > > > > But oh well. People rarely listen to my advice and the longer they know > > me, the less likely they are to take it So I can't complain. I'm glad > to > > be back anyway and hoping for more cordial relations with all. I was > > heavily influenced by a passage in a > > book< > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Metaphysical_Club:_A_Story_of_Ideas_in_America > > >I > > recently read, that described an interaction between John Dewey and > > Jane > > Addams wherein Addams convinced Dewey of her belief that antagonism is, > > metaphysically speaking, illusory. > > > > I thought about that a bit and I realized I really liked the idea. Who > > wouldn't want to live in a world without antagonism? So I'm going to > > commit myself to that idea and see if I can't be more productive in my > > interactions. A new year's resolution, if you will. > > > > > > John > > 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 > 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
