> small tortoiseshell:
>

>>Had Gautama walked the streets of todays Saigon, Phmom Penh, Kolkata,
>>Bangkok, etc, he would have cried his eyes out. Jeezzz,
>>where are you ' buddhists' coming from really...

> On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 16:41:46 -0400, Tang Huyen wrote
> (in article
> supernews.com>):
>

>>
>>
>> Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>

>>> small tortoiseshell:
>>>

>>>> Had Gautama walked the streets of todays Saigon, Phmom
>>>> Penh, Kolkata,
>>>> Bangkok, etc, he would have cried his eyes out. Jeezzz,
>>>> where are you ' buddhists' coming from really... In
>>>> cambodia, 40
>>>> percent of the population is below 15 years, so, who
>>>> the fuck to you
>>>> think is doing the prostitution? Granny? no. Its the ...

> Noah Sombrero wrote:

>> small tortoiseshell:

>

>>>Had  Gautama walked the streets of todays Saigon, Phmom Penh, Kolkata,
>>>Bangkok, etc, he would have cried his eyes out. Jeezzz,
>>>where are you ' buddhists' coming from really... In cambodia, 40
>>>percent of the population is below 15 years, so, who the fuck to you
>>>think is doing the prostitution? Granny? no. Its the children

>

>> Guess I'll stick my nose in here and say that you are both from the
>> same part of the world (Anders from Copenhagen, where sexual attitudes
>> are a lot different from other parts of the world, but you know that).
>> And that Anders has traveled in the same part of the world where you
>> are and presumably seen what you see.

>

>> Would Buddha have cried his eyes out?  My perspective of Buddhism is
>> that it was an answer to horrible conditions during his time and
>> centuries after where frequent wars among the war lords, and resultant ...

>
> Changing your self is the same as changing the world...

> small tortoiseshell wrote:

>>
>> Changing your self is the same as changing the world...

>
> I've heard that often, but have yet to understand it.
> In the case under discussion, how could I change myself
> so as to end the raping of small children in Thailand?

>
>
> Killing the bastards would fix the problem.
>
>

>
> "Bill Pfeifer" hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:vJOdnV_O9emQrGXanZ2dnUVZ_umlnZ2d@comcast.com...

>> small tortoiseshell wrote:

>>>
>>> Changing your self is the same as changing the world...

>>
>> I've heard that often, but have yet to understand it.
>> In the case under discussion, how could I change myself
>> so as to end the raping of small children in Thailand?

>
> you wouldn't explore the possibility?

> In Buddhism, we cannot change the world, but can
> only change ourselves.

> Bill Pfeifer:
>

>>small tortoiseshell:

>

>>> Changing your self is the same as changing the world...

>

>>I've heard that often, but have yet to understand it.
>>In the case under discussion, how could I change myself
>>so as to end the raping of small children in Thailand?

>
> Another version is one virtuous act changes the world. This is
> because, it seems to me, previous to your act, it had not occurred in
> this world. Now it has. The world is a different place. The more
> people do such things, the more it changes. There is a point where
> the change is noticeable to the rest of us.
>
> So practice random acts of kindess and senseless beauty. Stuff like
> that.

>
>
> Noah Sombrero wrote:
>

>> Bill Pfeifer:
>>

>>>small tortoiseshell:

>>

>>>> Changing your self is the same as changing the world...

>>

>>>I've heard that often, but have yet to understand it.
>>>In the case under discussion, how could I change myself
>>>so as to end the raping of small children in Thailand?

>>
>> Another version is one virtuous act changes the world. This is
>> because, it seems to me, previous to your act, it had not occurred in
>> this world. Now it has. The world is a different place. The more
>> people do such things, the more it changes. There is a point where ...