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   On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:35:27 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
      
   >On 2/11/2026 8:59 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >> On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:50:11 -0500, Noah Sombrero    
   >> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Bottom line about natural laws.  We are not so massively important   
   >>> that the universe would bother having laws about us.  A careful   
   >>> reading of history suggests that we have no right to anything, and   
   >>> anything at all, no matter how horrible, can happen to you, has   
   >>> happened to others.  Is happening in various parts of the world right   
   >>> now.   
   >>   
   >> But no, that is not an excuse to be depressed about it all.  One right   
   >> you do have, is to choose your state of mind as long as you have one,   
   >> unless you are clinically depressed.  As demonstrated by monks in our   
   >> time who burn themselves alive in protest of one thing or another. The   
   >> validity of their protest is not the issue.  The issue is the   
   >> possibility of choice, always.   
   > >   
   >So, I'm not sure you didn't just make that up about the monks. We are   
   >going to need to see some source material or comment from Ned, to back   
   >that up. Thanks.   
      
   You might not remember the vn war.   
      
   >At the time, it looked like a case of suicide to me.   
      
   To be able to sit down douse yourself in gas and light a match,   
   remaining in meditation until your dead body falls over.  Protest, by   
   suicide.   
      
   >A member in a Buddhist death cult.   
      
   I would not accuse them of such.  They were tibetan types though.   
      
   > Not a normal thing for a monk to do   
   >before reaching enlightenment. The Buddha warned of these kinds of   
   >extreme many times.   
      
   It depends on your level of moral outrage.  Monks especially are prone   
   to such feelings.   
      
   >"Avoid extremes, but do not extremely avoid extremes." - Buddha   
      
      
      
   --   
   Noah Sombrero mustachioed villain   
   Don't get political with me young man   
   or I'll tie you to a railroad track and   
   <<>> to <<>>   
   Who dares to talk to El Sombrero?   
   dares: Ned   
   does not dare: Julian  shrinks in horror and warns others away   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)