XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.zen
From: cuddly@mindless.com
On 10/25/2016 6:42 PM, noname wrote:
> Kitty P wrote:
>>
>>
>> "noname" wrote in message news:nub2cb$lg5$2@dont-email.me...
>>
>> Kitty P wrote:
>>> "noname" wrote in message news:nu7k8t$jpu$4@dont-email.me...
>>>>
>>>> {:-]))) 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.
>>
>> You sound like a dedicated Clinton voter, the kind who'd make it illegal to
>> fail to display compassion even toward a murderer or rapist, then
>> unfeelingly consign anyone who "broke" that broken law to a punishment that
>> puritanical authoritarianism regards as fitting.
>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> "true cherishing of all living things"? Somebody send that lady a rabid
>> dog, see if she "cherishes" it.
>> email: noname.1234567.abcdef@gmail.com
>> --------------
>>
>> Compassion doesn't mean petting a rabid dog. What's wrong with you?
>>
>>
>
> I don't know what's wrong with me, would you care to explain that?
>
Rabies. LOL
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