From: Mark Steven Heyman (markheyman@infoproconsulting.com)
Date: Sun May 23 2004 - 02:36:25 BST
On 22 May 2004 at 16:38, David Buchanan wrote:
Platt and all MOQers:
DMB wrote:
Using Platt's "logic", I don't eat grilled steak because its tasty
and nutritious, I eat it to assert my political will over the other
cows.... Terrorism is rightly considered a crime, but it is a
political act. We don't have to agree with the cause to agree that it
is motivated by social level goals.
"What's coming out of the urban slums, where old Victorian social
moral codes are almost completely destroyed, isn't any new paradise
the revolutionaries hoped for, but a reversion to rule by terror,
violence and gang death-the old biological might-makes-right morality
of prehistoric brigandage that primitive societies were set up to
overcome." (Lila, 24)
Platt thinks the quote shows that Pirsig disagrees:
Note that "biological might-makes-right morality" is directly
associated with "terror, violence and gang death," an apt description
of terrorism, regardless of the social goals involved.
dmb replies:
If Osama Bin Laden were a crack dealer or a pimp you might have a
good point, but since his goal is the restoration of Islamic rule,
you're an idiot.
msh adds:
But David, you've forgotten Platt's definition of "Terrorism": A
deliberate attack against a defenseless civilian population in an
attempt to influence that population's government, unless such
actions are carried out by the US or any of its allies.
Best to all,
msh
-- InfoPro Consulting - The Professional Information Processors Custom Software Solutions for Windows, PDAs, and the Web Since 1983 Web Site: http://www.infoproconsulting.com "Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything." -- Henri Poincare' MOQ.ORG - http://www.moq.org Mail Archives: Aug '98 - Oct '02 - http://alt.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/ Nov '02 Onward - http://www.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/summary.html MD Queries - horse@darkstar.uk.net To unsubscribe from moq_discuss follow the instructions at: http://www.moq.org/md/subscribe.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Sun May 23 2004 - 02:35:52 BST