Re: MD Truth, conservatism & religion

From: Mark Steven Heyman (markheyman@infoproconsulting.com)
Date: Sat Aug 13 2005 - 13:14:48 BST

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    Ian, me old mate,

    On 13 Aug 2005 at 12:13, ian glendinning wrote:

    Mark you use the word "political" 3 or 4 times in your brief post.

    msh:
    Ok, but I left out that I almost always tie my political thinking
    into the MOQ hierarchy of morality and other principles of the
    Metaphysics of Quality. As do Ant, Sam, Arlo, and even The Old
    Plant. People who carefully read what we write will be aware of
    this. If you think politics has nothing to do with the quality of
    life then you're not paying enough attention to what happens at the
    Social Level.

    <snip stuff answered by above>

    ian:
    Resign ? Never.
    Exclude Platt ? probably the best of a bad binary choice.

    msh:
    Excluding anyone from expressing his or her opinion is ALWAYS the
    worst of all actions. Anywhere, any time.

    ian:
    Until then dismissive ridicule is better than diginification with
    serious analysis, as I've said repeatedly. Humour is in fact usually
    the best solution. Come on all you Bill Hicks fans, practice what you
    preach. Rip him to shreds.

    msh:
    I can do both, at the same time. Whatever serious analysis I provide
    is written for the web. If a few listers appreciate my efforts, then
    more the better.

    Mark Steven Heyman (msh)
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    On 8/13/05, Mark Steven Heyman <markheyman@infoproconsulting.com> wrote:
    > Hi all,
    >
    > Just a quick comment here, for clarification...
    >
    > On 11 Aug 2005 at 14:58, Ant McWatt wrote:
    >
    > Unfortunately, while certain members on this discussion group insist
    > in employing right-wing propaganda icw the MOQ, I feel that I have a
    > moral duty to challenge it especially when I hear that one of the MOQ
    > conference attendees is going to resign from MOQ Discuss particularly
    > because of Platt's political posts.
    >
    > msh:
    > FWIW, I have no objection to political posts of any persuasion. What
    > I object to is the repeated posting of political opinions
    > unsubstantiated by argument and evidence when challenged. That is, I
    > object to political assertions without philosophical foundation.
    > This isn't the O'Reilley-Limbaugh news hour: they already waste more
    > bandwidth than they deserve.
    >
    >
    > Mark Steven Heyman (msh)
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    > the mass production of human corpses."
    >
    > --Edward Abbey
    >

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