On Apr 22, 7:29=A0am, Dave K <dkotsch...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Apr 5, 9:43=A0pm, small tortoiseshell <_cl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Apr 6, 3:41=A0am, Tang Huyen <tanghuyen{dele...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > Noah Sombrero wrote:
> > > > small tortoiseshell:
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> > > > >Had =A0Gautama walked the streets of todays Saigon, Phmom Penh,
Kol=
kata,
> > > > >Bangkok, etc, he would have cried his eyes out. Jeezzz,
> > > > >where are you ' buddhists' coming from really... In cambodia, 40
> > > > >percent of the population is below 15 years, so, who the **** to
yo=
u
> > > > >think is doing the prostitution? Granny? no. Its the children
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> > > > Guess I'll stick my nose in here and say that you are both from
the
> > > > same part of the world (Anders from Copenhagen, where ***ual
attitud=
es
> > > > are a lot different from other parts of the world, but you know
that=
).
> > > > And that Anders has traveled in the same part of the world where
you=
> > > > are and presumably seen what you see.
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> > > > Would Buddha have cried his eyes out? =A0My perspective of
Buddhism =
is
> > > > that it was an answer to horrible conditions during his time and
> > > > centuries after where frequent wars among the war lords, and
resulta=
nt
> > > > conditions like famine were common.
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> > > > It has fallen to the religions of the world (whether they were
start=
ed
> > > > for that or not) to make horrible conditions of milennia past
bearab=
le
> > > > to intelligence (awareness). =A0How is it possible to not see life
a=
s a
> > > > cruel joke, when just about every one dies in great suffering, and
> > > > life expectancy is maybe 35 years?
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> > > > Buddha says become unattached, know that it really isn't happening
t=
o
> > > > "you." =A0That there is no you, etc. =A0But, you are right, this
mig=
ht not
> > > > be an acceptable answer if the "you" has become "them". =A0These
> > > > centuries the undercurrent is the guilt of the prosperous or lack
of=
> > > > it, depending.
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> > > Recently a man in the Boston area was arrested
> > > because he accidentally left in a motel some
> > > cameras with photos of child ****ography in
> > > them. He actually photographed himself having
> > > *** with little girls in Bangkok. One girl, about
> > > six or eight, was crying and screaming whilst
> > > being raped by him, presumably with some
> > > money going to her parents (or abductors).
> > > Such things happen, when people are poor.
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> > >http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/
> > > articles/2008/03/11/
> > > nantucket_man_pleads_guilty_to_child_****ography_charges/
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> > > <<A review of Constable's pass****t showed that
> > > since 1993, he visited Thailand, Cambodia and
> > > Vietnam every year except one, Gershengorn said.
> > > Constable told police he had *** with about 30
> > > underage girls in Asia.
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> > > When first questioned by police, he said the girls
> > > were between the ages of 12 and 17, but later
> > > admitted some of the girls were as young as 7.
> > > Authorities who viewed the videos believe the
> > > vast majority of the girls were under 12, with some
> > > as young as 5, Gershengorn said.
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> > > One video clip shows a girl, between ages 6 and 8,
> > > crying and screaming as Constable ***ually assaults
> > > her. Another shows a girl, approximately age 7,
> > > being assaulted by Constable as she lies with a rag
> > > stuffed in her mouth, Gershengorn told Judge
> > > George A. O'Toole Jr., in reviewing the evidence
> > > prosecutors would have presented if the case went
> > > to trial.>>
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> > > Vietnamese who are now on the verge of death
> > > remember the time when French l=E9gionnaires
> > > would rape any Vietnamese female, young or old,
> > > many of them being too young to know anything
> > > about *** (like the above underage Asian girls).
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> > > In Buddhism, we cannot change the world, but can
> > > only change ourselves.
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> > Changing your self is the same as changing the world...
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> Right. =A0There is no "change the world" vs. "change other people."
> Thich Nhat Hahn said that the enemies are greed, anger, and delusion,
> not people.
>
> Seeing as it's earth day I think I can reveal my greenhouse gas theory
> of Buddhism. =A0Greed, anger and delusion are like greenhouse g*****.
> Our job is to reduce emissions. =A0The less the world has the better.
>
> No bothering about who's emissions they are. =A0No bothering about
> whether it's better to do this in a cave by yourself or to be a
> "useful member of society" who also writes letters to congress and
> goes to protests or whatever it is that people do to be useful members
> of society.
>
> Go plant something. =A0Then sit under it.
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remember that a tree feeds itselfthrough the photosynthesis performed
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