HONESTY HURTS

New York Post ^ | 9/28/02 | NEIL J. KRESSEL

[ramdalesh]

It's a reference to George Orwell

I wiped a grin and was shagrinned
I'd ruther not bust in.
the martian men were beating them,
and someone did not find me

ramalamadalesh 29 sept. 02

[TheGrimReaper]

Somewhere in the early stages of most of my conversations lately, I find myself saying, "Are you SURE you want my opinion on that?? - Because... you may NOT LIKE IT!"

Thus, I feel I'm offering the other person the opportunity to NOT be offended by my ensuing remarks, should his/her skin be ultra-thin. If they dare go on with the discussion, I make it crystal clear what I think about their ridiculous point of view!
8-)

[sweetliberty]

"It's sickening because demands for unwarranted apologies are a product of political correctness to foist unearned guilt on the perpetrator's target."

Which often translates into money for such shakedown artists as Jesse Jackass Jackson, as you can guess that this statement most certainly does:

"Jesse Jackson says he's almost pleased, but wants more penitence from the producers"

[sweetliberty]

"Fact is some people NEED to be offended because they are WRONG"

Bears repeating.

[ramdalesh]

If I choke on my rice does that make me a buddha?

[ramdalesh]

It seems like the Buddha nature is some kind of disease like the flu. Does the buddha nature ever go away? Is there a medicine you can take to make it go away??

[ramdalesh]

I doubt that would work. The straight path appears to be crooked. The responsible path appears to be irresponsible. The zen meditation appears to be a football game. Things are not what they seem. Dinner appears to be a veal with potatoes on the side, but in truth it is krishna.

All your way are belong to tao

[Lilly]

re: post #2

An Amen to that!

[ramdalesh]

Zen tuna fish? You have zen all over your face, and Iman in your beard!

Cold mashed potatoes are the pits.

It is not the shattering bowl but the space inside the shattering bowl that is useful. It is not the clank of the spoon going into the bowl of cold mashed potatoes, but rather the ejaculation out of Buddhas mouth when he realized how pitiful they are. Buddha is a sickness aching to be put out of its misery. Thus by listening to AC DC Buddha gives answer to your prayer and will reincarnate you. Into the rainbow colored choking peanut butter eating non buddha dog who will become the undying best friend of the rainbow peanut butter eating man buddha.

[lodwick]

bttt

[ramdalesh]

Lao tzu had a dream that he was a butterfly. "When I awoke", he said,"I did not know if I was a butterfly dreaming to be a man, or if I had been asleep dreaming to be a dog eating rainbow peanut butter."

And that is the truth.

"Read my lips", he mouths the word PAY while saying aloud "no new taxes"

I don't know If I was a butterfly dreaming to being a man speaking "no new taxes" Or if I was a butterfly silently mouthing the words "Pay your taxes or else!"

dream on Buddha

[ramdalesh]

Benjamin Franklin said "The worst condition of man is famous and poor"

Confucius said "avoid fame and punishment"

Avoid fame? This seems counterintuitive to most people, they want fame. Avoid fame because infamy is close at hand. Infamy in the hands of powerful men becomes the work of violent conflict. For the basic human the deed leaves no mark of reputation, because it is not connected to a structure of power whereby every action becomes an item of comment. Fame is a terrible condition because fame alone without power makes a man vulnerable. Thus the hero's journey holds a fallacy. A man may rise to power and fame through meritorious deeds, but he will be de-famed. Fame is an unnatural state. It is not possible to maintain the power that it needs or generates. He will fall to the threshing floor, and be forgotten. He will experience katabasis...infamy, poverty, and humility. Unless people like us continue to empower him. The hero must learn that he is niether special, or lucky, but only that he is simply human like the rest of us.

[Old Professer]

I thought it had to do with unpaid taxes.