--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > If it weren't for the by far greater number of spiritual > seekers who do NOT fall into this trap and become fanatics, > the few who *become* fanatics would stand as a blanket > condemnation of spirituality and the spiritual path itself. > Fortunately, the balanced, sane followers of spiritual > paths are more numerous, and represent well the same > traditions that the unsane fanatics make a mockery of.
Barry's shoot-the-messenger demonization tendencies are brilliantly on display in this post. And note that his rant represents the identical us-vs.-them kind of polarization he's decrying: reasonable people vs. "fanatics," sane vs. "unsane." Fanaticism, unreasonableness, and "unsanity" exist at the extremes of both sides of these issues. In between there's a wide range of views, but there's no such middle ground for Barry. Distinguishing between shades of gray is "hard work" that it's just too much trouble for him to undertake. Barry Wright, Master of Inadvertent Irony.
