tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post5637261930075594384..comments2024-03-14T04:06:54.124-04:00Comments on GENKAKU-AGAIN (adam fisher): a half-assed jobgenkakuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12135705172119950326noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-15391840778495760472016-07-12T17:15:12.073-04:002016-07-12T17:15:12.073-04:00Sounds like someone is trying to make a living by ...Sounds like someone is trying to make a living by trying to activate critical thought. Commendable.<br /><br />I find what seems to be the essential implicit premise disingenuous -- that Buddhism is built on moral absolutism. Buddha himself was clearly not a moral absolutist, even if he seems to have been a rather strict disciplinarian with his closest followers, the monks and nuns.<br /><br />As for totalitarianism Buddhism has been both plagued by it and elevated by it over its 2500-odd years.<br /><br />If I had a PhD in Buddhist Philosophy, I'd be writing about things like global warming and corporatism and how Buddhist principles may be seen to apply to issues that have an effect on billions around the planet, not about what D.T. said and wrote. With respect to his views onJapanese culture or Zen Buddhism D. T. seems barely relevant to today's prospective Buddhist practitioners or the general public other than, perhaps, to encourage more critical thought in this age of constant instant messaging, instant answers via internet searches, and glib blogs.<br />Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-76234391262490965022016-07-10T12:15:19.955-04:002016-07-10T12:15:19.955-04:00Felisha and i passed on the baton a couple weeks b...Felisha and i passed on the baton a couple weeks back. We handed the control panel for the transgender chat room to a younger and sufficiently skillful individual. We consult and remain as moderators but, i haven't logged in since we surrendered control. The consulting bit is busy enough, emails about this or that problem. The web is so dynamic now that people proofing is just off the table. We left them with a good crew, and a bad outlook regarding tools. We wish them well, hope for the best, etc. We just ran out of gas. We're circling the drain slowly and trimming the to do lists in every way possible. Getting old sucks, but is interesting.<br />olcharliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00309255390011851502noreply@blogger.com