XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.zen   
   From: kittyp2060@hotmail.com   
      
   "Nobody in Particular"  wrote in message news:nuotir$ej9$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   > On 10/25/2016 6:49 AM, Kitty P wrote:   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > "noname"  wrote in message news:nub2cb$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?   
   >   
   > This triggered a memory of a teaching from my (ex-)teacher about the   
   > difference between judgement and discrimination:   
   > Judgement is saying, this lettuce leaf is good, that one is bad.   
   > Discrimination is saying, this lettuce leaf belongs in the salad, that one   
   > belongs on the compost.   
      
   So well put.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)