[Buddha-l] Victimized vegans?

Wong Weng Fai wongwf at comp.nus.edu.sg
Thu May 10 14:56:07 MDT 2007


Nunchuku wrote...
>
> Let this story be a warning to all those who heed the dietribes (diatary
> diatribes) in the Lankavatara and Shurangama Sutras.
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/05/09/vegan-baby-death.html
>

Nah... India is a country of mostly vegans from time immemorial. Judging 
from the size of the population, they never seems to have baby death 
issues.

> Is it time for Buddhists to unite and accuse the U.S. courts of 
> anti-Buddhist prejudice? (I keep thinking we Buddhists need something to 
> jihad about.)

Someone I know did see an issue with all those Buddha Bars (and 
pubs) popping up here and there and on music CDs. She actually went with a 
campaign when the first Buddha Bar opened in Singapore that eventually saw 
that pub changing their image (to Thai Bar or something). When someone 
told her "nah... relax..." her response was "well, you will never see a 
Mohammed Bar around, so why double-standard?" I can't wait to tell her 
that here in the country of free speech, there are certain words persons 
of a particular race can use freely but not others.

W.F. Wong


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