Re: AN OPEN LETTER TO RALPH NADER

[CMWUNCHEEL@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/29/04 8:45:05 PM, QCao009@aol.com writes:

<< In a message dated 3/29/04 8:39:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
CMWUNCHEEL@aol.com writes:
I could be wrong, but I believe George was being sarcastic. Which is 
perfectly OK by me.
Roxie:

Sarcasm is frequently masked antagonism.  In this case, even if George was 
sarcastic, Victor wasn't!  And in most cases, whenever an opinion is 
expressed 
that doesn't agree with George's immediately gets labeled as off-topic!

I like your spirit, though:  the Buddha admonishes us not to see evil and not 
to speak it.  Thus we can always render unto George the spirit of his post, 
and keep our spirit in the light as you have just done. Thanks for modeling 
your listening to all of us.

Quan
<<

Quan -
     Thanks, but I can't in good conscience accept your kind words b/c, truth 
to tell, the reason I don't mind George's sarcasm is that I'm a card carrying 
practioner of it myself. You're absolutely right, of course - it frequently 
is, indeed, masked antagonism (and often thinly veiled at that). But we who 
dish it out must also be able to take it.
(Jewish teachings also counsel against "the evil tongue" - for the use of 
which I find myself having to atone every Yom Kippur)! 
Roxie