[Buddha-l] A letter concerning toleration

[Timothy C. Cahill]

> =====
> Scary stuff. The idea that someone would take something said on a list like
> this to try to get someone fired belongs more to a society of jackboots and
> goose-steps.

I'm not really sure what a society of jackboots and goose-steps looks
like. But I do know that some of our colleagues in religious studies face
some pretty well-organized, and well-financed 'counterparts'. See:

http://www.campus-watch.org/

If some want to use this list to let off a little steam, so be it.
(Isn't that why Al Gore invented the internet, after all?)  And if
others want to write letters to dept. chairs, so be it! (Isn't that why Al
Gore invented the U.S. postal service...?)  Those who have to deal with
the machinations of "Campus Watch" on the other hand, have something
to deal with, IMHO.

best,
Tim Cahill