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...stifle free debate. Free speech, dialogue, and interchange in the "marketplace of ideas" are the very foundation of the liberal canon. What would John Stuart Mill have said? (My personal message to the not-so-intellectual hate-mailers, politics aside, is to learn the subtle difference between the ancient Buddhist symbol which they drew and the swastika which they tried to draw...
Another troubling document is an April 1996 E-mail message from NSC's Suettinger that warned Vice President Gore about attending a fund-raising lunch at a Buddhist temple near Los Angeles. Gore's attendance, he said, would appear to give U.S. policy a pro-Taiwan, anti-China tilt at a time of great tension between the two. "My reaction would be one of great, great caution." The State Department expressed similar concerns. The result? Gore went, but there were no Taiwanese flags flying to make for uncomfortable photo ops, and no Taiwanese politicians playing a visible role. The lunch...
...part of one "we" or group--instead we are part of many. My own background contains a rich mix of a French, Algerian, Catholic and Muslim heritage. Looking at the backgrounds of my friends, I can relate the experiences of friends, who are simultaneously black, Hispanic, Buddhist and homosexual. Which "we" would we belong...
...photography business. Always discreet concerning her romance with Andrew, she is reportedly still a friend of his. In August they danced together at a party thrown by the Yorks. Koo is expecting her first child next month, but has refused to divulge the identity of the father. A Buddhist since meeting the Dalai Lama, she told HELLO! magazine, "I am...dedicating myself to whatever it takes to tether this soul...to a base from which she/he may fly freely...
Other religious leaders in Taiwan are barely polite. The secretary-general of the Taoist Association says he has information that she has bought up vast tracts of land in Cambodia. Master Chinhsing, a Buddhist monk of Vietnamese origin who may have been Ching Hai's mentor, disapproves of her departure from the austere ways of Buddhist tradition. He has reportedly warned her never to identify herself as his former student...