[Buddha-l] Re: An experiment (Gender on Buddha-l)

[Franz Metcalf]

Michael,

I'm sorry I don't have time to adequately respond to you. I'll just say 
that I generally agree with what you write. Any "need" for buddha-l to 
be more inclusive is merely my perceived need, not a constitutionally 
or religiously mandated need (since buddha-l never was "Buddhist," and 
is no longer "academic"). I simply "feel" (yes, a highly subjective 
word) that there is more to difference than difference of opinion, and 
that the list would benefit from such difference.

But, hey, it's already good, and, I think, more than an "amusement." To 
really engage others in conversation on the dharma (broadly defined) is 
not a diversion, it is awakened activity. It better be, or I am really 
blowing this priceless human birth.

Franz