[Buddha-l] Conservative and liberal Buddhists

[Alberto Todeschini]

Margaret wrote:

> At the BASR conference in September 2009, there was a panel on
> academic publishing with reps from three major publishing houses.

I suspect that they are no worse or better than your average
corporation, employing plenty of honest, hard-working, nice people and
probably a few too many lawyers and MBAs. Then something magical
happens: as a group, they behave like vampire squids (aka Vampyroteuthis
infernalis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vampyroteuthis_infernalis_arms.jpg).

Best,

Alberto Todeschini