Re: MD newsflash: it's all a con

From: Ian Glendinning (ian@psybertron.org)
Date: Wed Jan 26 2005 - 10:21:16 GMT

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    Marsha, I identify with that ...

    I think the trick is to turn the cynicism into something positive.
    Withdrawing from the main (rigged / Catch-22) game is fine.
    Pursuing a buddhist line is one alternative, but we need to remember (and
    remind others) why we're doing it.

    It's a well tried and tested manoevre in battle.
    In Pirsig's own (approximate) words ...
    "To outflank western civilisation."
    ie Choosing not to meet it head on, is not to ignore it.

    So yes, that does make you an ostrich, ie a far-sighted bird with a very
    tall neck able to see past all the conventional SQ crap :-)

    Ian.

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "MarshaV" <marshalz@charter.net>
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    Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 10:06 AM
    Subject: Re: MD newsflash: it's all a con

    >
    > Hi all,
    >
    > Wisdom sure isn't what you know. Wisdom is acquired by unlearning.
    > Socrates was correct!
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    > But what to do about it. I'm tired of hopping up and down saying that
    > they're liars. Over the last twelve years I've called Congress. It
    > matters little, because the game is rigged. I've gotten so cynical that
    > during the Condi Rice hearings, I thought Barbara Boxer and John Kerry
    > were a team in a good cop/bad cop scheme. It's so frustrating.
    >
    > Would trying to follow the Buddha's path make me an ostrich?
    >
    > Marsha
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