Excellent, If I was Seb Coe I'd be rubbing my hands in glee at the success of the campaign.....
"Great we've got the chattering classes - the world over - taking an interest in an event that's 5 years away in the UK, brilliant". Mission accomplished." Some wonderful alternative designs flushed out by the furore, much better than the original IMHO. This is big-money business - 80 grand well spent (from that perspective) - nothing to do with values of modern art, not quite as provocative as half a cow in a vat of formalin, or an unmade conjugal bed, though ? Ian On 6/11/07, Ant McWatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Platt, > > What I'm saying is that the opinions of talk radio DJs whether from the left > or right have little place in serious philosophy debate. They do for > intellectual quality what McDonald's does for nutrition and employment > rights. > > >Well, I guess one man's philosophy is another man's propaganda and > >vice-versa. > > That sounds like pluralism to me where truth is relative which again puts > you outside the MOQ (where various opinions and statements are graded on > their intellectual quality). For instance, I highly doubt the intellectual > quality of the opinions of someone such as Rush Limbaugh is on a par with > philosophers such as F.S.C. Northrop or even Richard Rorty. > > Then again you did promote the merits of Barry "Voice of Satan" Manilow not > so long ago on this forum... :-) > > Best wishes, > > Anthony > > > Previously quoting Ant McWatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >BTW, your selective use of illustrations whether about nationalised > >healthcare, the environment, education or of (fine) art in attempt to prove > >the pet "I'm alright Jack" opinions of talk radio DJs are not philosophy > >arguments but propaganda. These cranks have little Zen to speak of and are > >bad for your intellectual health. > > Platt replied June 10th: > > Well, I guess one man's philosophy is another man's propaganda and > vice-versa. > Anyway, I see you are joining Arlo in bashing talk-radio. Must be something > scary to you leftists about free speech. Thankfully, talk-radio helped > defeat > the amnesty immigration bill here in the U.S. > > . > > _________________________________________________________________ > Txt a lot? Get Messenger FREE on your mobile. > https://livemessenger.mobile.uk.msn.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.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > 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.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
