> Hi Platt & others > > Nothing wrong with pleasure and recreation, but there > does seem to be a problem with excess and with a failure to > appreciate more sophisticated and finer pleasures and possibilities. > Why is that? > > David M
Hi David M, Following the path of thought introduced by Pirsig, the biological forces of sex, drugs and violence have overcome the weakened bulwarks of social level pattens. The assault on society's ramparts that hold back the dark forces of the jungle is constant, ranging from undermining the ideals of truth and justice by relativists, lowering educational standards by egalites, and appealing to the lowest common denominator by media elites. As a result, mediocrity rather than excellence is today's cultural code. As usual, Pirsig put it in perspective: "Everybody wants their children to be valedictorians, but nobody is supposed to be better than anybody else." (Lila, 7) Paralyzed by that conundrum, it's little wonder people fail to appreciate "more sophisticated and finer pleasures and possibilities." But, I could be wrong. Platt 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/
