"Tom Sherman" wrote
Jon Meinecke wrote:
...
As I said, interesting tango.... There's no reason it need be
unpleasant,
in my opinion, as that has its own destructive effect as civil discourse
suffers....

In words [D*l*n] would use, "Screw civil discourse!"

If people want to **** on the newsgroup, I will be happy to make the
pile higher.

Choice.

Jon Meinecke
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A Zen teacher saw five of his students returning from
the market, riding their bicycles. When they arrived
at the monastery and had dismounted, the teacher
asked the students, "Why are you riding your bicycles?"

The first student replied, "The bicycle is carrying the
sack of potatoes. I am glad that I do not have to carry
them on my back!" The teacher praised the first student,
"You are a smart boy! When you grow old, you will
not walk hunched over like I do."

The second student replied, "I love to watch the trees
and fields pass by as I roll down the path!" The teacher
commended the second student, "Your eyes are open,
and you see the world."

The third student replied, "When I ride my bicycle, I
am content to chant nam myoho renge kyo." The teacher
gave praise to the third student, "Your mind will roll
with the ease of a newly trued wheel."

The fourth student replied, "Riding my bicycle, I live in
harmony with all sentient beings." The teacher was
pleased, and said to the fourth student, "You are riding
on the golden path of non-harming."

The fifth student replied, "I ride my bicycle to ride my
bicycle." The teacher sat at the feet of the fifth student
and said, "I am your student!"

- attributed to Shawn Gosieski
New Cyclist, Fall 1988
(and other sources)