XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.zen   
   From: kittyp2060@hotmail.com   
      
   "noname"  wrote in message news:nu7k8t$jpu$4@dont-email.me...   
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   > {:-])))  wrote:   
   > > Tang wrote:   
   > >> {:-]))) wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >>> Here, in Usenet, it can be called a sandbox.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> No one forces anyone to read nor post words here.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> If you do not like the words someone uses, you are free   
   > >>> to not read them, to not respond to them, to ignore them.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> You appear to not understand where you are.   
   > >>> Perhaps it is beyond your comprehension.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> In unmoderated groups, language is not prohibited.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> This is not a workplace. This is not a movie-theater.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Many people are on fire.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Some people shout, FIRE!   
   > >>>   
   > >>> And then the guns go off, and the knives   
   > >>> and forks in the Road apppear to fight with   
   > >>> spoons over what words will be eaten   
   > >>> for lunch or breakfast.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Some people bring straws.   
   > >>> Others, peanuts.   
   > >>   
   > >> The sandbox and peanut gallery fit right in with Usenet,   
   > >> though it can also be a calm place for well thought-out   
   > >> discussion and witty remarks, and of course, humour,   
   > >> irony and satire. They all are self-evident truths and   
   > >> belong to the territory. Nothing could be more native.   
   > >> And anybody can also take anything in any way possible,   
   > >> so what is meant as insult can be taken as compliment,   
   > >> and vice versa. Everything can be taken in levity, or   
   > >> gravity. It can go both ways. That is the margin of   
   > >> freedom, on top of the automatic protection of   
   > >> asynchronicity which covers everyone without distinction.   
   > >>   
   > >> Those who cannot stand the heat should get out of the   
   > >> kitchen. Don't bite more than you can chew. When you   
   > >> are in an hole, don't dig deeper. Don't blame others for   
   > >> your spontaneous self-combustion.   
   > >   
   > > And never use your heart as a guide.   
   > >   
   > > Compassion is not the Way.   
   > >   
   > > Be ruthless, and multiply.   
   > > Go froth unto all the earth and spread muck.   
   > > As if grace were a poetic license to miss the bull sigh.   
   > >   
   > > - dao ke dao fei chang dao   
   > >   
   >   
   > We are taught as children to consider the feelings of others.   
   > Some just don't learn.   
   > They place others before themselves.   
   > Then along with all the others they place themselves above everyone.   
   > They define what is right, and what is a delusion.   
   > Nobody wants to be left behind.   
   > Lemmings march.   
   > Some meek and lowly ones are left behind.   
   > Too stupid to follow, consigned to life.   
   >   
   > --   
   > email: noname.1234567.abcdef@gmail.com   
      
   If we wish universal awaking, compassion without discrimination is the path   
   to that awakening. Whether Buddhist or Taoist, one is exposed to that   
   concept.   
      
   The flailing around that is done on usenet is a wonderful place to practice   
   compassion and learn the difference between self-centeredness that happens   
   in the name of compassion,  and the true cherishing of all living things.  A   
   struggle at times fer sure.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)