On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Henry C.K. Liu wrote:
> Try as I may, I have difficulty following the intellectural basis of
> this type of exchange, or its relevance.
> The truly oppressed are the readers of this list.
>
Oppressed because there are topics that you are not particularly
interested in? Fairly broad understanding of the word "oppressed" if
that's the case. Hard to see what else you could mean, since we all
obviously are doing well enough to have access to computers and the
leisure time to be on lists like this one.
Now, I personally was unthrilled to get thousands of words on Buddhism on this list. But I wouldn't say I found it oppressive. And I would never have the effrontery to suggest that it doesn't "belong" here.
frances