Platt,
Do you honestly think the goal of all humanitarians is to eliminate all
suffering? That would be the ideal of humanitarians, but im sure they know
that that's never going to happen. And, personally, i dont think Pirsig's
intended connotation of suffering was of the sick and starving in 3rd world
countries, im pretty sure it was about the day-to-day suffering you and i go
thru every day, as in being overwhelmed by work or having trouble with family
members. This is a tool for learning and growing feathers that is necessary
for us collectively; suffering due to lack of nutrition is on a much larger
scale.
Also, whether or not he was happy to get rid of Lila is not IMO that
important because he was telling of Phaedrus's feelings at the time of the
event. In retrospect i think he would be glad to have had Lila as a
passenger because it tested out his metaphysics in a real-life situation.
rasheed
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