[Buddha-l] Question for academic teachers of Buddhism

[Richard Hayes]

On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 12:36 -0600, jkirk wrote:

> Actually, for some years now (except for John Birchers, racists
> and KKK) it has been difficult to find many folks committed to
> anything except their lifestyles.

This trend started with Ronald Reagan. Before his presidency quite a few
Americans were committed to insane asylums and other institutions. He
cut funding to everything but the military, as a result of which all
those formerly committed people were put either out on the streets or
into uniform.