XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.zen   
   From: wudao@wuji.net   
      
   Tang wrote:   
      
   > ...   
   >As I have been saying, there is a famous rule   
   >on Usenet: Don't let the trolls drag you down   
   >to their levels. ...   
      
   Going with the flow, allowing and letting, a swimmer   
   may enjoy going for a swim. A turtle may enjoy mud.   
      
   Not getting wet nor muddy may be to what Taoism points   
   no matter how the water or mud happens to be   
   when one enters into under the bridge.   
      
   > ...  we here on Usenet deal only with mere   
   >words on the screen and can afford not to be   
   >too concerned with gain or loss, so the above   
   >truism should help us live with insults, real or   
   >imagined.   
      
   A presumption that words are mere words can be.   
      
   When you post in Chinese, all I see is ??????.   
   And when you post in French, I understand little.   
   Those words are mere words or even less on my screen.   
      
   With English words, if they were mere words   
   then they would not carry any meaning, given   
   a meaning of the word, mere.   
      
   If a word evokes any emotion, it is not mere.   
   If a word evokes any response at all, it ain't mere.   
      
   If a message or a post evokes something   
   then to call it mere means something.   
      
   Naturally, these are my own mere opinions.   
   Assuming they mean nothing.   
      
   At times one may presume much.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)