Horse: This isn't nearly as fun or interesting as actually discussing
metaphysics, but since we're on the topic I'd like to offer some
suggestions.
Maybe fewer posts would be rejected if the topic selection process
itself was more refined. It seems that we have had several topics that
are nearly impossible to discuss because they're based on meaningless
questions. righteousness? souls? clones? free will? This sets up a
situation where we've lost before the game even begins. It'll be a lot
easier to keep folks interested and on topic if the plane is actually
going somewhere, rather than straight into the ground.
I'll suggest again that all topic proposals contain a quote from the
book, followed by a question that isn't loaded. "What does Pirsig mean
by this?", strikes me as a good question to ask about any quote. It
would be hard to go wrong that way. Keep the question simple. Let the
answers be as complex as they want to be.
I would like to suggest that the Lila squad has not been hijacked so
much as some of the passengers have bailed out of the plane. This
doesn't change the flight's direction or cause a crash, it just lightens
the load. A hijacking would mean a forced change in direction and
destination. Nothing like that has occured.
And I really don't get this idea that LS members are cheated by parallel
conversations that they never even see. This is even more true if the
unseen posts are deemed irrelevant to the LS topic.
It seems to me that posting is a gift, not a responsbility.
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