---------- From: Ajit Sinha[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 1997 6:24 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [PEN-L:12367] Re: Slurs > >2. Confusion is the defining characteristic of the human condition. >Therefore we can never be insulted since any supposed insult arises out >of confusion. ____________________ The second point boggles my mind. Do you think the kind of insults Nazi's inflicted on jews resulted out of "confusion"? Cheers, ajit sinha _________________________ The word confusion in Buddhism refers to our inability to see, or to see clearly, our own good. The extreme example is that which you cite, in which the perpetrators are not only unable to see the good of the victims, but their own good as well. Thus they do great harm to themselves as well as to others. Dave
