Re: MD Squonk wrote a Review

From: bahna@rpi.edu
Date: Wed Mar 12 2003 - 15:23:14 GMT

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    Matt S,

    I assure you I would never take Squank's ranting as an example of the
    "culture" of Engand. Very far from it I am sure.

    I have been equally embarrassed by many of the ideas expressed by my
    countrymen on this forum. Not to mention the arrogant recent actions and
    statements by our present national leaders.

    Andy

    On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 14:05:03 +0000 (GMT) Matthew Stone wrote:

    >
    > > SQ: And intuitive knowledge is closer to wisdom
    > > than the cold porridge of
    > > your
    > > metaphor.
    > >
    > > Andy: Cold Porridge? English wit, I take it?
    >
    > Please don't take Sqounk's verbal crappage as an
    > example of English wit. As a fellow Englander, I
    > would hate for such wit to be associated with his
    > semi-coherent, pretentious, semi-relevant ranting. He
    > is clearly a philosophy undergraduate at Oxford
    > Brookes or such place, with too much time on his
    > hands. I think the work of Pirsig is naturally
    > revelatory and empowers the reader, and in Squonk's
    > case this process seems to have made him get above
    > himself, such that he thinks he is some sort of genius
    > who we are all honoured to be able to learn from. His
    > disinterest in even making his posts grammatically
    > scan shows his contribution to be little more than
    > unworthy intellectual posturing, and I for one have
    > long lost interest in what he wants to say.
    >
    > Matt
    >
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