A great example of this was when he came here, sometime in the late 70s I think, he apparently made the offhand remark that someone's sari was really nice, or something to that effect. Next time he came--most of the women were wearing saris, and he couldn't believe it and wanted to know why.

Sal


On Jun 15, 2006, at 10:42 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:

Another related issue is that people often take what a
teacher says out of context. A statement is made in a
particular room in a particular situation to a particular
person and in front of a particular audience, and some
people want to interpret that statement as universally
true for all rooms, situations, people and audiences.
Big mistake.

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