From: Dario Savella (dario_moq@growingman.com)
Date: Thu Aug 25 2005 - 03:03:00 BST
Hi Platt,
thanks for the conversation.
At 10:47 PM 24/08/2005, you wrote:
>The point is that some on this site have argued that F-class Muslim
>terrorists are acting out of social quality, but treat F-class urban
>blacks, whose behavior Pirsig describes as biological, as not so
>motivated. In fact, those who excuse terrorism by trying to "understand"
>terrorists shrink in horror from labelling anyone F-class, i.e., "the most
>biological and least moral" people. It's part of their egalitarian mindset
>where everyone is equal because, after all, they're human. You appear to
>be part of that group in believing that everyone can be "educated." Pirsig
>points out that it's this inability to distinguish between A-people and F-
>people that is at the root of the current disarray in society:
>
>...<snipped quote from the famous Chap.24>...
Yes, in a general sense I am. We are indeed all human, but each one of us
is different.
I also believe that kind of behaviour (terror and crime) to be damaging and
that society can and must address it.
It's the how that I am questioning.
If we, as a/many society/ies, just (i.e. only) "kill" the source of the
disturbance, we are using the same approach used for garbage and nuclear waste.
We dump the problem somewhere where we can't see it, hoping for the best
and leaving it to "future" generations.
I perceive that as a failure, or at least a declaration of "incompetence".
I think / hope we can do better than that.
The "terror" phenomenon, and many others, appeared in our reality (I prefer
to say that they have been created, "we" created them...) for a reason. If
we dispose of the problem, it will come back in another form until we
address it so... why not look at it now? What else is there to do?
Dario
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