From: Paul Turner (paulj.turner@ntlworld.com)
Date: Wed Nov 26 2003 - 09:49:17 GMT
Hi Steve
Steve:
> Paul:
> This repression of "illegal intellectual patterns" is not limited to
any
> part of the world; I would think it is a matter of intensity rather
than
> a clear cut absence of an entire evolutionary level. The west has its
> "illegal patterns" too.
>
> Mati: What "illegal patterns" are you referring to?
Paul gave his answer to this question. I'd just like to add my first
thoughts when reading Paul's suggestion that our western intellectual
culture also maintains illegal intellectual patterns.
(I think Paul's answer about insanity may be a different issue than that
of
Stalin and Saddam since on insanity we are talking about one set of
intellectual patterns overruling another set rather than social tyranny
over
intellectual freedom.)
Paul:
My initial answer to Mati's question was a big list of examples of
"illegal patterns" but (to avoid a spin-off political discussion) I
deleted it and gave a general answer which, although the Pirsig quote
was about insanity, did mention other types of illegal patterns. Your
answer is much better than mine though, so, thanks!
Paul
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