My two cents: Let the poor guy back on the list! He is a 73 year old=20
retiree for God's sake! All he did was write a few e-mails in poor taste=
. =20
(Well, I guess in extremely poor taste and with absurdly bad judgement - =
but=20
they were still just e-mails.) No one was physically injured - no one is=
=20
dead- no property was destroyed. I'm sure everyones' hurt feelings wil=
l=20
feel better in a couple of days. Let's try to keep a sense of proportion=
=20
here.
They say a great spiritual practice is to develop your capacity to tolera=
te=20
difficult people. So perhaps all of us can see this as a spiritual and=20
emotional challenge.
>From: Marcus Grandon <mgrandon@tokai.or.jp>
>Reply-To: Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
>To: Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
>Subject: Re: [Shaku] FWD from Gene
>Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:04:03 +0900
>
>Please let Gene back on the list.
>
>I actually thought an apology was unnecessary, but he didn't.
>
>There is more than enough policing in the world today. Let's be big eno=
ugh=20
>to forgive and forget.
>
>I remember after the 9/11 bombing in NYC that a bunch of people quit the=
=20
>list because someone took a stance that was more neutral, coinciding wit=
h=20
>the way of world peace as "opposed" to the belligerent stance of the =20
>American "president". To me, this meant that some people on the list we=
re=20
>so immature that they couldn't even respect the opinions of others.
>
>I would hope Gene be let back, and we maintain a respectable forum based=
on=20
>knowledge, and integrity.
>
>
>Marcus Grandon
>
>
>On Thursday, January 15, 2004, at 09:45 AM, IieoOoeiI@aol.com wrote:
>
>>Konbanwa, to the shakuhachi=A0list:
>>
>>=A0
>>
>>Someone posted something on the list about me recently, and I responded=
=20
>>with my own post.
>>
>>=A0
>>
>>And, instinctively, from my years as a fighting United States Marine an=
d a=20
>>criminal courtroom brawler and other unthinkable biographical environme=
nts=20
>>- I now realize to my shame=A0I over responded.=A0
>>
>>=A0
>>
>>Significantly.=A0
>>
>>=A0
>>
>>I hit back with just about as much sarcasm and sting as I could.
>>
>>=A0
>>
>>And then someone else piped up, and then another and another, and I=20
>>whipped back with=A0a large portion indeed of=A0my senile old crotchety=
=20
>>73-year-old fury.=A0 These=A0years of steroids=A0- the only things whic=
h keep me=20
>>alive today - give me a whole lot more zeal than brains.
>>
>>=A0
>>
>>Whence I appropriately was stripped of my rank, my saber broken, and I =
was=20
>>drummed off the list.
>>
>>=A0
>>
>>And that's well, as they say.
>>
>>=A0
>>
>>Except it leaves something of a haunting pall over all of us and our=20
>>beloved shakuhachi.=A0 What sort of dumb dharma is this?=A0 And who eve=
r wants=20
>>any curtain wring down on a sour note.
>>
>>=A0
>>
>>So I wish to apologize to all the list, most sincerely indeed.=A0 Honto=
u-ni=20
>>moushiwake-gozaimasen.=A0 Gomen-nasai.
>>
>>=A0
>>
>>I would like to be back on the list, with a significantly more bridled=20
>>tongue, I assure you, but that option=A0is certainly not a condition of=
this=20
>>apology.
>>
>>=A0
>>
>>I'm sorry.
>>
>>=A0
>>
>>Thank you for listening.
>>
>>=A0
>>
>>Gene
>>
>>=A0
>>
>>Dr. Gene Neill
>>PO Box 78
>>Mayo, Florida 32066
>>USA
>>Phone 386-294-1236
>>FAX 386-294-1112
>>www.shakuhachi.ws
>>
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