> > I can guarantee you that whatever Bhikkhu > Samahita's intentions are > > they do not include wanting to enter into any > meaningful discussions > > about Zen. If he does what I've seen him do to > other sites he will > > post rheams and rheams of pre-formatted Buddhist > scripture clogging > > up the site. I only hope he does not drive > everyone out of this > > forum the way he did on MSN's Buddhist Dharma > Forum. SNIP SNIP SNIP (for conservation of space)
As far as drama of this nature is concerned, people only have what power is given to them. There are alot of folks on this list that others seem to have problems with. If the "trouble-makers" are doing it for malicious reasons, then responding to them only awards them the attention they crave. If they are doing it innocently, what harm can tolerance do? The options are simple. A) Ignore these peole. Live with a list that has blocks of dharma popping up every now and again, that you can skip if you don't feel like reading. B) Fuel the fire. Respond to said blocks, thus dragging the discussion threads further and further off-topic. C) Make the list a heavily moderated private club, thus stifling the freeflow of convseration. This forum has some very thought-provoking discussion threads, but they are often difficult to find. Not because of the occasional drama queen or misguided post author, but because of the hordes of people complaining about said drama queens and misguided authors. SPROCKET P.S. I know tone is difficult to read in an email. So if anyone here interprets this as some sort of personal snipe against them, they are mistaken. I'm not mad, I'm not on any sort of ego trip, I'm not claiming to be More-Enlightened-Than-Thou, nor would it matter if I were. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Current Book Discussion: Appreciate Your Life by Taizan Maezumi Roshi Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
