Hiya Puzz and other Pirsigians
On 19 Jan 2001, at 21:17, elephant wrote:
> I approached you over the frightening vehemence of the quarrel with Horse.
> Do you have the gall to deny writing to me in response:
>
> > I'm just having a laugh winding
> > Horse up, don't take it so seriously. I know its a bit sad and probably very
> > childish, but it is fascinating and great fun.
Far from winding me up Struan was quite obviously behaving like a complete arse and my
response was to ask him to cease being so obnoxious. Can he point to a single sentence
where I did anything more than treat him like the idiot he is - not a chance. He is right in that
he was behaving in a very sad and childish manner and I'm not sure how he expects anyone
to take him seriously when this is so obvious. I also fail to see the humour or fascination in
even attempting to do so and wonder at the stupidity and immaturity of anyone who does. My
main worry is that this guy teaches at what is supposedly one of the top British schools - God
alone knows what sort of garbage he fills their heads with or what sort of role model he is -
I'm glad my kids don't go there.
One of the things I (and others) have learned about Struan over the last several months is that
his main purpose in joining in this forum is not to disseminate information or become
involved in a serious philosophical dialogue but to disrupt and bully. As with many academics
whose own pet theories and positions are threatened by a work of great significance their
main reaction is to posture and prevaricate in an attempt to mislead and confuse. Thankfully
there are members that see through the bullshit to what lies beneath.
His last post was an(other) obvious creation of a strawman (along with his strawman SOM
strawman post which I exposed some time back) which in his arrogance and conceit he
expected just to go unnoticed. I can't see why anyone should attach value to this sort of
garbage and assume that it brings something worthwhile to the discussion.
He is now taking great delight in winding you up Puzz. Also using the same tactics that he
(falsely) accused me of - i.e. contradiction rather than argument. And that wonderful line he
included in reply to your request for a definition of Metaphysics:
"As you know, there are as many definitions of metaphysics as there are philosophers"
would be funny if it weren't so sad.
I suppose that this will bring more pathetic accusations of attempts to silence him or
transparently false accusations against me - like I could care less.
> This denial is a particulary foolish move as the correspondance was also
> addressed to a third party.
Are you referring to me because if you are then I can confirm that the correspondence that
you sent to me was also CC-ed to Struan and unless you're using some tricky email software
it would have gone to both of us - mind you, I don't know if he received it but his reply to you is
entirely consistent with the contents of the email. Oh go on publish the rest of it I could do with
a good laugh. :) But notice the way he words it: "Also, I can't recall a single word you have
sent me in private..." not actually denying recept but dismissive - ah, so Struan!!!!!!
Anyway, enough of this and back to the show. Keep going Struan you're doing a fabulous job
of showing yourself for what you are and giving the MoQ more credibility by the hour.
Horse
PS
Platt and 3WD - great posts, absolutely awesome. Keep 'em comin'
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