Louis Proyect, host of this list, started on the subject of Buddhism. I am interested in all topics and subsrcibe to this list to learn about them and to exchange some views with intelligent people. It is the personal hostility and cliquish one-uppance on some postings that feel oppressive to me. I don't even mind anger, but hostility is not an effective tool of communication. Attack only solicits counterattack. Why don't you try enlightening me on what you have been trying to say? I am prepared to learn if you are prepared to communicate.
Henry C.K. Liu
"Frances Bolton (PHI)" wrote:
> 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