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From: glove <glove@indianvalley.com>
To: moq_discuss@moq.org <moq_discuss@moq.org>
Date: Tuesday, October 27, 1998 1:27 PM
Subject: MD proof and the MOQ
hi, glove:
thank you for finding the quotes in Lila to substantiate my assertions. i hadn't had the time to do so but i knew it was there somewhere :)
you wrote:
>since this story was written at a time before the intellect had 'taken over'
>for the social level, its easy to see the differences in todays crimes, many
>of which seem more intellectually motivated that anything else. once the
>intellect becomes dominate, it no longer wants to be held in sway by the
>lower social level values. the intellect desires freedom!
that's right. in fact, Pirsig says on p. 345, "What's good in life isn't defined by society or intellect or biology. What's good is freedom from domination by any static pattern, but that freedom doesn't have to be obtained by the destruction of the patterns themselves."
which leads me to vote for Diana's discussion topic for Nov.: Morality
you also said:
we need social restraints but the intellect rebells against them. perhaps realizing
>why this happens is a first step to preventing repeat occurences.
i hope so, glove. because its happening to damn often!
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Lithien
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