[Buddha-l] Re: Greetings from Oviedo

[Stephen Hodge]

Dear Richard,

You wrote:

> [then] we can refer to the synaptic exchanges in GW Bush's reptilian 
> cortex as thinking

Some reptiles of my acquaintance have asked me to write to you to register 
their dismay at your unwarranted slur on their powers of thought.  In their 
opinion, only a human could be as stupid as this Bush entity you mention, so 
they suggest we stop dumping on other species. They also would like to 
remind you that they have been around for a lot longer than humans and will 
probably still be around long after the "naked apes" have made themselves 
extinct (a day that they are looking forward to with no little 
impatience) -- they seem to think that they are actually a lot smarter than 
humans in general, though they really appreciate how humans are warming up 
the planet to the benefit of all poikilothermic beings.

Best wishes,
Stephen Hodge