On Jul 12, 2011, at 11:53 AM, Rick Archer 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, "Rick Archer" <rick@...> wrote:
>
> On Behalf Of authfriend
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.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.
I'm actually a great lover of Hinduism. But it doesn't mean I have to
love EVERYTHING about Hinduism. So, no, I don't like widows hurling
themselves onto funderal pyres and while I love many saints and many
different traditions, not so much the pedophiles posing as saints -
and the followers trying to whitewash history to make such creeps
look like miracle workers (when they're merely glorified street
magicians).
I DO like to see the historical record set straight and then people
can decide for themselves what's what. That's certainly the case with
MMY where the remaining hardcore TB'ers work hard at making him look
like "the greatest rishi of all yugas" and thus to obscure the actual
historical record. The truth is better than fiction.
Buddhism's not immune from these same patterns. There are scam
artists everywhere. There are also beautiful people in the most
unsuspecting places.
