RE: friendly advice

xerxes (xerxes@xmission.com)
Mon, 12 Jan 1998 01:28:41 -0700

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Oriental rubbish? I realize this is the only time I have actually posted =
to this list although I have been receiving it for over a year on and =
off but I feel that it is now necessary that I do. I am a very devote =
reader of Salinger but I also happen to be Japanese. I find it slightly =
offensive that you refer to us as having 'yellow faces' and mocking my =
culture as oriental rubbish. One of the main reasons I love reading =
Salinger so much is his reference to Zen in many of his stories. I am a =
dedicated student of Zen and I see no reason why you would have the =
right to call it 'oriental rubbish'. I have always enjoyed reading the =
many posts to this list everyday mainly because everyone is free to =
express themselves and their opinions but I see no reason why racism and =
culture bashing should be tolerated.

Ecas- I actually have read and own "The Way of the Pilgrim" and I =
actually found it very interesting.

xerxes

-----Original Message-----
From:	Scottie Bowman [SMTP:bowman@mail.indigo.ie]
Sent:	Monday, January 12, 1998 12:55 AM
To:	bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
Subject:	friendly advice


	No no no, ECAS.  Leave your ego alone.  It's the only one=20
	you'll ever have.  Forget all that oriental rubbish.  The benign=20
	resignation you see on all their yellow faces owes much more=20
	to avitaminosis than insight.

	Blake's the man for you:=20
		"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom."

	Scottie B.

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