[Platt] The good old days when good and evil were easily recognized seems preferable to the current slow decline of Quality.
[Arlo] Next you'll tell us the "good old days" can be had by embracing conservatism. Am I right? Or is this where you tell us that _YOUR_ nightmare rhetoric is dead on, but every other group's is foolish? This latest example of deplorable rhetoric only evidences the need for some to cling to fear and nightmare, all the while ridiculing fear and nightmare as a tactic used by others. (When MY politicians do it, its valid. When YOUR politicians do it, its foolish). Rather than rise above the evil, it's apparent you'd rather embrace it. Of the passage you cite, Pirsig refers to the "current slow decline of Quality" as a "slow confused mindless drift back to a kind of pseudo-Victorian moral posture". Since this is exactly what you offer more of, I think I'll pass. But you're not going to pull me into another round of vile talk-show rhetoric. I'm hanging up the phone. I see Micah was smart enough to simply ignore your deplorable rhetorical tactics, mayhap I should strive for his strength. 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/
