Re: MD the worst thing about 9/11 according to the MoQ

From: Charles Roghair (ctr@pacificpartssales.com)
Date: Sun Nov 14 2004 - 22:18:01 GMT

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    Hello Scott, All:

    On Nov 14, 2004, at 12:00 PM, Scott Roberts wrote:

    >
    > What about someone who is not and never will be a source of ideas, for
    > example, someone with severe mental retardation? How does the MOQ
    > justify
    > using the resources to keep such a person alive, resources which could
    > otherwise be spent educating others who might be the source of ideas?
    >

    Chuck replies:

    Good stuff, Scott.

    I propose that even the mentally retarded are a source of ideas.

    Would you not agree that an only slightly mentally retarded individual
    is a source of ides?

    I'll assume you do. All mentally retarded individuals are lined up in
    front of you, from least to worst severely retarded. At what point do
    you draw that line and say, "Here, this is where ideas stop. Intellect
    is no longer born."

    I don't think you can. Ideas get less coherent and even
    unintelligible, but still there's something there! A self perhaps?
    Which is exactly what Pirsig means when he explains his and the MoQ's
    opposition to the Death Penalty.

    I assume the MoQ is against keeping vegetative, brain-dead individuals
    alive for no other reason, but the sake of avoiding death. That's a
    different issue, though.

    Best regards,

    Chuck

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