[Buddha-l] RE: Article of possible interest--correction

[L.S. Cousins]

Well, Joanna,

>With due respect, I submit that more than one thing can be said 
>about anything, including this topic. 

A rather strange interpretation of what I said.  I meant of course 
that there was one thing I felt able to say at the time.

>The fact that some view is widespread in the world lends it no 
>credence, seems to me, because the world is stocked with zillions of 
>erroneous and indeed wrong ideas.
>

The fact that something is widespread doesn't make it true, but it 
does suggest that it is not peculiar.

>>This seems to me to be rather extraordinary cultural arrogance. How
>>can a view which is so widespread in the world be simply dismissed as
>>'a very peculiar view of the world' ?
>

Lance