From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of authfriend Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 10:54 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "Rick Archer" <rick@...> wrote: > > On Behalf Of authfriend > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > <snip> > [Nabby wrote:] > > Could it be one of the two Buddhists here ? :-) > > [Rick wrote:] > > Does it have anything to do with their being Buddhists? > > What if you were to ask, "Could it be one of the Jews here?" > [I wrote:] > False equivalence. You know better than that, Rick. > [Rick wrote:] > I don't agree. Nabby constantly uses "Buddhist" as a > pejorative. If he constantly referred to Jews with the > same tone, I think you would be offended. Being a Buddhist is a choice. Being Jewish is not. It's completely out of line for you to equate the two. As to Nabby's lack of respect for Buddhism, Vaj and Barry don't respect Hinduism, but I don't see you criticizing Vaj or Barry, just Nabby. > He also often refers to the "Dolly" Lama, not only in an > attempt to rankle anyone (especially Vaj and Barry) who > might respect him, but to belittle the man And of course neither Vaj or Barry ever refer to MMY in a belittling manner in an attempt to rankle those who might respect him, right, Rick? Boy, this seems to be double-standards day on FFL. You have a point Judy. Can't dispute it. I think it's juvenile whoever does it. As Bill Maher said last night on Piers Morgan, people have a problem with nuance. It's so easy to paint people and things in black and white, but reality is never that way. From my perspective, there's much more good than bad to be said about Maharishi, the Dali Lama, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc. It's silly to paint any of them entirely one way or the other.
