From: David Robjant (David.Robjant@irismurdoch.plus.com)
Date: Tue Jun 01 2004 - 15:54:38 BST
Hello Platt, hello all.
I used to spend a fair bit of time on this list, and I've returned here for
a visit on account of a bet I had with a fellow about what Bike it was in
ZMM. We neither of us won the bet because the bet was malformed and we
failed to allow for a nu-state zen Honda: he bet it was a Triumph and I bet
it was a BMW. Fools, Fools! (I guess the BMW drunk bet attests to how
often RP mentions the BMW without mentioning his own bike's make, what the
Triumph bet attests to i don't know, misplaced UK national pride?)
I see all the controversy about Iraq. But I know how unproductive my
thinking about that has been, and while I was here I wanted to ask about
something else. I've had a hard time recently with Tinnitus, a ringing in
the left ear and pain. It's been driving me round the bend for the last six
months, so that I can't work properly, read anything worth reading, hear
myself think, do sitting practice or, in short, do anything with any value
for me, except perhaps tap little un-thinking un-enlightened emails (the
whirring of the hard disk is comforting somehow, for a while). Tell me,
'cos I've tried quacks, do we think Zen or Pirsig, or anyone, has anything
helpful to say here? If so, I really need to hear it.
David
> From: "Platt Holden" <pholden@sc.rr.com>
> Reply-To: moq_discuss@moq.org
> Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 08:36:20 -0400
> To: moq_discuss@moq.org
> Subject: Re: MD Noam Chomsky
>
> Hi Mark H,
>
>> I know you don't want to hear from me in this thread, or maybe ever,
>> but I gotta tell ya Chomsky would agree with everything you said
>> about "intellectuals" in your last message to Anthony, and he's got
>> more degrees than a rectal thermometer, including a dozen or more
>> honorary Doctorates.
>
> Glad to hear it, Mark. Love the line, "more degrees than a rectal
> thermometer." That reminds me. Would you agree with me that philosophy
> without humor means something is missing? Marx and Rand are humorless, but
> Pirsig will toss in a funny scene like dancing with Lila and use a double-
> take line like, "What kind of dog is that? That's a good dog." To me Pirsig's
> deliberate use of subtle humor means he has a better grip on reality and the
> human condition than the ponderous, perpetual preaching characteristic of
> most scholars and pundits.
>
> Best,
> Platt
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