Quoting Heather Perella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > [Platt previously] > > > > There needs to be a balance between Dynamic and > > > > static with the emphasis on > > > > maintaining a fulcrum of opportunity that allows > > for tipping in the direction > > > > of the Dynamic. (Hope the metaphor works.) > > > [SA previously] > > > Reality is static quality with dynamic > > quality. There doesn't need to be this - there is > this. It > > is society and intellect that are not open to this > > when degenerate process are at work. So, what have > I > > said? All generalities. > > [Platt] > > Balance with openness to DQ is the ideal. > > There are no ideals - just is's.
Disagree. An ideal "is" -- as are all thoughts. > > > [Platt] > > Right. The role models for today's female teenagers > > are Madonna, Britney and > > Paris -- a sure sign of Quality decline. But I'm > > glad your agree with Pirsig's > > insight that celebrity is a unifying force, > > particularly useful in today's > > culture where political divisions are far apart and > > arouse strong passions > > (see Arlo's posts). In other words, I agree with > > your comments. > > As long as political divisions do not use the > intellectual level, then the celebrity will gain more > and more power. For now, politics doesn't engage > celebritiness, in the sense that those that are more > popular with more people such as Hilton and Rosie > O'Donald will not be voted into congress - thank > goodness. I don't think we need celebrity politicians. There's too much attention paid to them now, and we treat our President with all the trappings of royalty. Rather I would like to see true artists celebrated, like Beverly Sills who passed away recently. Have a nice day. ------------------------------------------------- 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/
