[Buddha-l] Schopen gets a kicking

[Jayarava]

Someone wrote this http://is.gd/218GN review of a talk by Greg Schopen which sounds quite straight forward.

But it inspired the about.com Buddhism 'guide' Barbara O'Brien to write this http://is.gd/218R9 a few days later in which she describes Schopen as a "crackpot". If you look at the comments - way way down the page - she does concede that she over-reacted and will apologize to Schopen. 

I picked it up on another blog, so the story is spreading... I know all you academics tend to hate each other, but if Prof Schopen has any friends here they might want to ask Ms O'Brien to retract her article. I did. 

Sayonara
Jayarava