a moment of levity perhaps to bring this thread to a
close ...
we had a lama and his entourage of 4 or 5 monks
staying with us in london when the pope made his first
visit to the uk. while only one of them spoke a
little english they had all certainly heard of the
pope and were aware of the differences of opinion
concerning the teachings of christ - much like the
different schools of buddhism. when we saw the pope's
plane touch down on tv, we sent word up to the
tibetans that the pope had arrived and if they would
care to see this historical event they were welcome to
come down and join us in the sitting room.
"thump-thump-thump" down the stairs they came and we
all crowded around the tv set.
they seemed to be very taken with his clothing, more
than anything else but didn't register any sort of
reaction when the pope knelt down and kissed the
tarmac.
as they were muttering amongst themselves, the monk
who spoke a little english turned to me and asked
"excuse me beel, but is the pope a cadillac?"
i had it in my head to say "coupe de ville, mate" but
replied instead "yes, he is a catholic."
a case of east meeting west with perfect, one could
almost say ... sublime ... understanding.
- bill
--- danyel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This thread is so incredibly embarrassing and
> disgusting, I think I have to
> throw up.
> The amount of rubbish spread out here blows my mind.
> Didn't I say that once before, you people are
> disgracing yourself in public
> by uttering this kind of ideological, ignorant, mean
> and useless stuff.
> Unless somebody actually studies at least some of
> the sources, be it Greek,
> Arabic, Chinese or Marsupilami, there is absoLUTEly
> no point in that
> "argument".
> danyel
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Michael Thames" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> "Lute net"
> <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 12:14 AM
> Subject: Re: LUTE-etymology
>
>
> > >> I am not a big fan of a culture that was based
> on slavery >until 50
> years
> > >> ago. And my opinion is not helped by my
> unbelievably >nasty Tibetan
> > >> downstairs neighbors.....
> > >> RT
> > >
> > > Are you speaking of your comrades, or the
> Tibetan's?
> > > If it's the Tibetans you've been watching to
> many Chinese propaganda
> films,
> > > but maybe Roman, you go for it, hook line, and
> sinker, every.
> > There is a sufficient amount of rational
> assessment of Tibetan politics
> out
> > there, unclouded by either Marxism or NewAge.
> >
> > > You now have got me a little curious, as to what
> it must be like, to
> have
> > > you as a neighbor. Not a pretty thought.
> > We have fabulous Philippino neighbors, who are
> incredible cooks, always
> > willing to share a recipe.
> > RT
> >
> >
> > >>> the
> > >>>> oldest system of medicine known to man.
> > >>>> And the most staggering mortality rate,
> notwithstanding >that....
> > >>>> RT
> > >>>
> > >>> Another, Western myth. One of the oldest
> living humans recorded in
> > >>> recent times lived to be 160 years old, and
> was from central China,
> and
> > >>> that's just the tip of the iceberg. Roman,
> you of all luteneters, I'm
> > >>> shocked at your western bias.
> > >> I am not a big fan of a culture that was based
> on slavery until 50
> years
> > >> ago. And my opinion is not helped by my
> unbelievably nasty Tibetan
> > >> downstairs neighbors.....
> > >> RT
> > >> --
> > >> http://polyhymnion.org/torban
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
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