[Buddha-l] FW: Three year Research Associate, UK, Indian & Buddhist theories of self

[Richard Hayes]

On Thursday 02 August 2007 14:47, jkirk wrote:

> Aso signifies "and so on"...

Aso desu ka? I usually spell that "etc" when I use it at all. We all have 
ferocious high school teachers in our pasts, petty-minded insecure martinets 
who foisted taboos off onto us that we spend our entire lives trying not to 
break. One of my high school English teachers insisted that using the 
expressions "et cetera" and "and so on" is a form of mental laziness that 
should, like the passive voice and unnecessary commas, be avoided at all 
costs by careful industrious responsible citizens. Although I disagree with 
him on this point, the taboo is still with me. It makes me want to kill him 
and so on, but the bastard died before I had the opportunity, so now I just 
curse him under my breath etc.