[Buddha-l] Buddhists taking a stand against Islamaphobia

[James A Stroble]

On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 08:01:24 -0700
Gary Gach <gary.gach at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you for pointing out my improper editorializing.  There are no
> sides.  (Polis = place, wherever you stand)  There is simply an Open
> Letter, to which I created a headline that reaches for the purple
> prose dial.  I regret my knee-jerk response; habitual delusive
> impulse.     "Speaking out against injustice," might be more in accord
> with Right Speech?
> 

Hmm, the discussion raises two questions for me:  First, how does one
"attack" Dharma?  Second, for Gary, can protest, or even "speaking
truth to power" be Right Speech at all? Justified indignation is still
a source of suffering.  

Andy Stroble