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   From: epsteinrob@yahoo.com   
      
   Jigme Dorje wrote:   
      
   > On Sep 5, 10:43 pm, halfawake  wrote:   
   >   
   >>Evelyn wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>"absentia obscuria"  wrote in message   
   >>>news:stqdnSgm9rIlGB_RnZ2dnUVZ_tmdnZ2d@earthlink.com...   
   >>   
   >>>>"glitch"  wrote in message   
   >>>>news:o7adnVxcZ6X7GR_RnZ2dnVY3go8AAAAA@giganews.com...   
   >>   
   >>>>>On 09/05/2010 01:35 AM, absentia obscuria wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>>>>"Jigme Dorje"  wrote in message   
   >>>>>>news:8bce979c-5e1c-4095-a978-0b5dae03bb02@l20g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...   
   >>   
   >>>>>>On Sep 4, 1:10 pm, Catawumpus  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>>>>>Jigme Dorje :   
   >>   
   >>>>>>>>Hey, none of this is directed to you personally.   
   >>   
   >>>>>>>Let's check. You referred to me by name and claimed I was   
   >>>>>>>wrong about Buddhism. So yeah, this was directed to me   
   >>>>>>>personally. But you failed to address what I said, so you were   
   >>>>>>>unable to show the error you said I made. So happens the   
   >>>>>>>mistake was yours: you ignorantly insisted that "Buddhism does   
   >>>>>>>not comment negatively on life here," an obvious falsehood   
   >>>>>>>since teachings like the Four Noble Truths cast a very critical   
   >>>>>>>eye on worldly existence.   
   >>   
   >>>>>>>-- Catawumpus   
   >>   
   >>>>>>Yes, I have acknowledged that you are lord of the world of mental   
   >>>>>>constructions. Undisputed and uncontested, you have by default won all   
   >>>>>>arguments.   
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   >>>>>>and he's got a nice smile too   
   >>   
   >>>>>his words fall out like teeth.   
   >>   
   >>>>that must be the guy that tang   
   >>>>refers to as to laughing his   
   >>>>teeth out   
   >>   
   >>>Speaking of Tang, where is he I wonder?   
   >>   
   >>Tang disappears for weeks somewhat regularly.  Maybe he's just ending   
   >>his summer vacation - that's what I was doing the last two weeks.   
   >>   
   >>Speaking of which, I was in Western Mass. this past week [Poconos the   
   >>week before near a lake populated by lots of deer,] and among other   
   >>things I saw Crosby Stills and Nash at Tanglewood.  Lots of fun and a   
   >>few different flavors of smoke in the air near the men's room.  My mom   
   >>and 90 yr. old dad enjoyed it too.  It brought back some memories that   
   >>are probably close to home for you.   
   >>   
   >>After we got back we were reviewing some of their old tapes on youtube   
   >>and I was reminded of how freakin' big the woodstock audience was.   
   >>[Wasn't there personally - almost went, but saw several of the bands   
   >>live in New York in other venues during that period.]   
   >>   
   >>I think that was a better decade, but of course, things always keep   
   >>changing anyway.  :)   
   >>   
   >>Robert   
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   > Yes I was a big fan of CS&N back in the day and fully enjoyed the   
   > decade. Welcome back.   
      
   Thanks!   
      
   Robert   
      
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