[Buddha-l] curious

[Richard Hayes]

On Nov 23, 2009, at 9:41 AM, Erik Hoogcarspel wrote:

> In China many temples have been closed, so it's not surprising that
> there are a lot of statues for sale. The ones on the photograph don't
> look very old or precious. In such marketplaces the amounts of Mao
> souvenirs and paintings of members of the emperial family are usually
> much higher.

Probably even Mao memorabilia fetches less on the open market than  
Michael Jackon relics. It stands to reason. Mao was not nearly so good  
a dancer. That notwithstanding, I still prefer the Little Red Book to  
Thriller. I guess my taste shows which generation I belong to.

Richard