From 1987 to 1989, I served as the Buddhist representative on the AIDS Interfaith Council in Los Angeles. At one meeting I was struck by the way a Christian Fundamentalist minister from a conservative county in California talked to her more liberal Episcopalian and Jewish colleagues. "Don’t try to teach our people about your beliefs in gay rights … [Read more...] about Compassion, Culture, and Belief
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Attention in Speech
"Then you should say what you mean," the March Hare went on. "I do," Alice hastily replied; "at least -- I mean what I say -- that's the same thing, you know." "Not the same thing a bit!" said the Hatter. "Why, you might just as well say that 'I see what I eat' is the same thing as 'I eat what I see'!" "You might just as well say," added the March … [Read more...] about Attention in Speech