Re: Hand clap Zen koan

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In a message dated 98-11-08 01:12:17 EST, you write:

<< 
 Opinion has *absolutely nothing* to do with this. Like I said, I'm not
 implying anything. All I said was `either Salinger put the koan at the
 beginning of the book for SOME reason' or `he put it there for NO reason'!
 It doesn't seem too big a presumption to assume that he put it there for
 *some* reason, does it ??? And I never tried to suggest the reason in this
 post. Could be anything. Could be cause his kids liked it. Could be cause
 it contains the hidden key to all the stories he ever wrote. Who knows. But
 *that* is not what I'm talking about here. You could even say that putting
 it in for no reason is a reason. That's why I said it was `obvious'. Like,
 it's pretty obvious that night it generally black.
 
 When I have an opinion, I always qualify it. `In my opinion', `I think' and
 so on. I NEVER presume I'm right, because as I've said before, there is no
 right and wrong in something like this. As I did not believe this was an
 opinion, I didn't qualify it. Didn't try to guess, didn't try to presume
 (God help me) ...  >>

OKAY!

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