--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@...> wrote: > > 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.
Thank you. I agree. But do you understand why your reference to Jews was inappropriate in this context?
