Quoting Ant McWatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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.
How do you "grade" intellectual quality other than subjectively, like paintings in an art gallery? > Then again you did promote the merits of Barry "Voice of Satan" Manilow not > so long ago on this forum... :-) I did? I don't remember. But I might have opined that he could at least carry a tune compared to a lot of rock & roll so-called "singers." Best regards, Platt ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ 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/
