[Buddha-l] Buddhists taking a stand against Islamaphobia

[curt steinmetz]

Q: "How does one 'attack' Dharma?"

A: In the first place, we can remove the quotation marks. There is 
nothing ironic or doubtful about Islamic attacks on the Dharma. In the 
second place: so how does Islam attack the Dharma? Is this really a 
mystery to anyone? Muslims simply employ the usual methods for this sort 
of thing: forced conversion; destruction of temples, stupas, statues, 
texts, etc; execution of apostates; execution of anyone who questions 
the execution of apostates; and so forth.

Curt

On 8/2/12 2:16 PM, James A Stroble wrote:
> 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
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