From: ian glendinning (psybertron@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Aug 17 2005 - 03:17:31 BST
Ah, Mark,
Pinning your hopes on logic again. :-)
Ian
On 8/17/05, Mark Steven Heyman <markheyman@infoproconsulting.com> wrote:
> On 16 Aug 2005 at 8:43, Erin wrote:
>
> My favorite teachers that taught politics were ones that you couldn't
> tell what their political stance was.....which is another reason why
> I am impressedwith Pirsig's writing. I think it is so funny that
> Platt and people like Ant, DMB, MSH bothalign their political views
> with Pirsig political views.
>
>
> msh:
> Actually, I've developed my own political views by reading history.
> I also read the metaphysics of quality and see in it, particularly in
> the hierarchy of morality, a lot that just happens to square with my
> views. In other words, I don't see my politics in Pirsig's
> philosophy. I don't need to. What I see is an edifice of thought
> that in many ways corresponds with my own. I don't need father
> Pirsig's approval for my opinions.
>
> The whole purpose of debate between the Old Plant and me, say, is to
> discover the logic and evidence underpinning our two very different
> views of the world, and sometimes the MOQ comes into the picture, but
> it isn't the whole picture, for either one of us.
>
> Now, since you (Erin) and I are supposed to be in mutual ignore mode,
> I'm gonna have to ask to stop mentioning my name in your posts, that
> is, unless you're willing to back up your denigration with argument.
>
>
> Fair enough?
>
> Mark Steven Heyman (msh)
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