From: theBeaver@nowhere.com   
      
   David V. wrote:   
   > james adams wrote:   
   >>>   
   >> Evelyn, I really would plead with you to reconsider your   
   >> intentions. You have had a bad time under harassment from   
   >> David V   
   >   
   > Where the fuck have I harassed anyone! Disagreeing with someone   
   > is not fucking harassment you fucking assholes.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Many of David J. Vorous' posts include proclamations denying his own   
   personal attachment to any religions, such as the following:   
      
   "I'm free of all religions and gods, including that one and it's gods."   
   "I do not need dhogma or theology, so I'm not a Buddhist."   
   "Since I do not practice "yidam" there is no problem of that happening."   
   "I'm not a Buddhist, don't care to be."   
      
   But I haven't noticed any place where people suggested that Mr. Vorous   
   was an advocate of any religion, so why would he be consistently   
   inserting these personal denials into his posts?  It sounds very much   
   like he wants to say "I don't need a crutch, but you do, so I'm better   
   than you".  It's a thread that runs through years of his posts.   
      
   Artist Annie Lennox calls herself a Buddhist.  Would David V dislike her   
   music because of this?  I'm sure he would say he doesn't like her music   
   for some other reason, like maybe he's into classic rock, but I suspect   
   that he lets his obsession with sniffing out the taint of religion   
   poison his ability to appreciate life.  I'm an atheist, but I appreciate   
   Annie's music very much.  Have I really compromised my principles?   
      
   Politician Barak Obama calls himself a Christian, but he is intelligent,   
   thoughtful, and caring, and I appreciate these as virtues.  Would Mr.   
   Vorous express disdain because of the taint of religion?  Again, his   
   pattern would be to say he dislikes Mr. Obama for some other reason, but   
   is it really his obsession expressing itself again?   
      
   I've known other people who are instantly critical and contemptuous of a   
   person because of a single, minor perceived imperfection, but most of   
   these people have been fundamentalists of one kind of another.  I guess   
   that's my perception of Mr. Vorous' mental state.   
      
   And by the way, you can sample Annie's music here:  http://www.alennox.net/   
      
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