Re: MD Pirsig's Answers

From: David Morey (us@divadeus.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Mon Sep 06 2004 - 20:06:32 BST

  • Next message: David Morey: "Re: MD Political Correctness"

    Hi Platt

    and you bring up your children and they......
    go off and do their own thing,
    so it should be when there is
    freedom, the intellectual-child needs freedom
    from the social-parent to flourish, but universities
    are clearly corrupted and not serving intellect
    too well at the moment. We do need a better way to
    think, research & educate.

    DM
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Platt Holden" <pholden@sc.rr.com>
    To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>; <owner-moq_discuss@venus.co.uk>
    Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 10:41 PM
    Subject: Re: MD Pirsig's Answers

    > Hi Ant,
    >
    > > "I think the MOQ regards any government supervision of the university
    > > curriculum as a form of evil because this is a social pattern attempting
    to
    > > control intellectual patterns. It is hypocritical for conservatives to
    > > denounce government interference in the free market place of commerce
    and
    > > then turn around and enforce government interference in the free market
    > > place of thought."
    > >
    > > (Robert Pirsig to Anthony McWatt, July 3rd 2002)
    >
    > By the same token, Pirsig could have argued that government support of
    > universities is a form of evil because it's a social pattern (money
    > coerced from taxpayers) attempting to control intellectual patterns.
    > Besides, it's hypocritical for universities to accept money from a
    > government on the one hand and denounce that government on the other, as
    > many universities do. Their attitude is like that of the art crowd who
    > believe, "People should be forced to pay us whether they value our
    > products or not." Doesn't sound moral to me. I think Pirsig would be the
    > last person in the world to expect, much less demand, a stipend from
    > government for creating ZMM and Lila. If they had any moral integrity,
    > universities would do likewise. Either that or stop complaining about
    > government "interference." He who pays the piper calls the tune. A free
    > market doesn't mean a free ride.
    >
    > Platt
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > MOQ.ORG - http://www.moq.org
    > Mail Archives:
    > Aug '98 - Oct '02 - http://alt.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/
    > Nov '02 Onward -
    http://www.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/summary.html
    > MD Queries - horse@darkstar.uk.net
    >
    > To unsubscribe from moq_discuss follow the instructions at:
    > http://www.moq.org/md/subscribe.html
    >

    MOQ.ORG - http://www.moq.org
    Mail Archives:
    Aug '98 - Oct '02 - http://alt.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/
    Nov '02 Onward - http://www.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/summary.html
    MD Queries - horse@darkstar.uk.net

    To unsubscribe from moq_discuss follow the instructions at:
    http://www.moq.org/md/subscribe.html

    This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Mon Sep 06 2004 - 20:46:12 BST