[Buddha-l] A ltter concerning toleration

[Steven Lane]

 Of course Joanna I work for the C.I.A. I thought you all knew that. Who
else but a C.I.A. agent would object to a self admitted Communist blaming
the U.S. for every world problem and having sympathy for the poor
misunderstood and oppressed Al-Qaeda. In addition Hayes recently referred to
the stigma of being an American. Once again only a C.I.A. operative could
possibly object to that. That you could even doubt that I am an American
agent is unbelievable. The people on this list are denser than I thought.
I'll report this interesting development back to Langley. 

-----Original Message-----
From: buddha-l-bounces at mailman.swcp.com
[mailto:buddha-l-bounces at mailman.swcp.com] On Behalf Of jkirk
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 10:29 AM
To: Buddhist discussion forum
Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] A ltter concerning toleration

These are indeed interesting times.
This attempt to get you fired is astounding.  I wonder if he's on anyone's
payroll.
Perhaps your university will convene a faculty Un-American Activities
Committee?
Joanna
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Hayes" <rhayes at unm.edu>
To: <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 5:27 AM
Subject: [Buddha-l] A ltter concerning toleration


> Denizens of buddha-l,
>
> The following letter has been sent to the chair of my department. 
> Perhaps others of you would like to join our friend in discussing my 
> qualifications. Otherwise, enjoy the letter as an interesting sign of 
> our times.
>
> Cordinally (and moderately) yours,
> Richard Hayes
>
> \begin{letter}
> Mr../Prof Goodman,
>
>     My name is Mr. Lane and I am a member of of list called Buddha-L. 
> I am writing about the outrageous behavior of Richard Hayes. He 
> constantly posts rabidly anti-American posts, anti-Christian and if 
> you believe Dan Lusthaus anti-Jewish. He has called Dan Lusthaus a war 
> mongering pinhead. His anti-Americanism is not loyal opposition but 
> outright treason. He blamed the U.S. for Sept 11 justifying the 
> attacks as the result justifiable anger. He has said it is the U.S. 
> that is the cause of all the trouble in the world "as we are the 
> oppressors". He seemed to anticipate happily the fall of the U.S. yet 
> we never hear a peep out of him about the evils that occur in the 
> P.R.C or the Islamic counties.
>
>     Mr.. Hayes constantly belittles Buddhist sutras he does not agree 
> with (the Lotus Sutra) and feels it is O.K.
> He has ridiculed the Hua-Yen and T'ien T'ai which many people feel are 
> the highest level of Buddhist thought. Mr.
> Hayes feels it is totally appropriate to slander any religious 
> doctrine he does not agree with or understand but when somebody posts 
> something contrary to his beliefs he either blocks it or responds with 
> a personal attack.
>
>     Mr. Hayes is a translator but fancies himself a Buddhist scholar. 
> From what I have seen he has yet to understand one Mahayana doctrine 
> which in and of itself is no crime, however given the Mahayana and its 
> non-dualist doctrines are religious beliefs of millions I do not not 
> see any difference between his mocking non-dualism and anybody 
> slandering Christianity. Judaism or Islam. Mr.
> Hayes has no clue of the difference between monism and non-dualism but 
> I understand that you will be letting him teach a course on Hui-Neng 
> and the Platform Sutra, is that true? If so you might as well let him 
> teach a course in quantum mechanics as his understanding of the two is 
> about the same. (Incidentally Hayes went through a whole tirade about 
> relating quantum mechanics and Buddhism only later to admit he knows 
> nothing about QM at all). This of course is classic Hayes M.O. try and 
> ridicule anything he is incapable of understanding. Yes I have 
> personally attacked him on Buddha-L as he has attacked me. Apparently 
> he thinks the latter is fine but not the former.
>
>    Mr. Hayes is a self professed former Communist (I have grave doubts 
> about the former part - I believe in one of his recent e-mails he 
> described himself as a Marxist Quaker). I don't believe Communists or 
> former Communists should be teaching young people in this country any 
> more than I would accept a Nazi or former Nazi teaching teaching them. 
> After all we are talking about a party that has slaughtered over 100 
> million people in the twentieth century. I wonder who his role model 
> is Stalin, Mao or Pol Pot.
>
>      Despite all of this I still would not be writing about Hayes if 
> he believed in free speech but of course what (former) Communist does. 
> To that end I am asking for the names of all of your superiors in the 
> university, the state government and any persons important in private 
> funding of the university so that I may forward them his outrageous 
> e-mails. I think we should see if these people agree with my opinion 
> that (former) Communists should not be teaching young people. Mr. 
> Hayes will of course deny all of the above but remind him that I have 
> all Buddha-L e-mails going back to 1998 backed up in three different 
> places.
>
>   Sincerely yours,
>   Mr. Lane
> \end{letter}
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