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Bulsajo · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

For those who are continuing to track these things- an airliner went down in Peru and a military aerobatic jet crashed this week.

Hyalucent · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: British North America

Something's up. Solar Flares or something. The internet is all wonky over here, cell phones are cutting in and out... my printer thinks it's a cast member in the exorcist and is spitting out unitelligible garble whenever I print a recently made pdf... or sometimes just random paragraphs from the same block of text are garbled.

Bulsajo · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

I was thinking the same thing. Sunspots, magnetic fields, something. Maybe I should go looking for Northern Lights tonight.
Did you hear that they've proven that the Earth's core rotates faster than the Earth's surface?
I bet that has something to do with it.
If it's an interstellar conspiracy igotthisguitar will know about it.
And if it's got a scientific explanation, Mithridates will know about it.

Hmmmm, http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=43806
Now, if we could just get Rapier onboard to say something about the effect this would have on environment and the Mid East Peace Process we'd have a sort of Dave's Holy Trinity...

Rteacher · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA

Or it's part of God's plan to punish the the world's most sinful vacation spots (eg: Tsunami targeting Thailand, and Katrina and the big waves about to inundate N'Orleans...) Might be wise to cancel any trips to Vegas... Shocked

desultude · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:14 pm Post subject:

Rteacher · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA

...In case you haven't noticed, we're all being punished (repeatedly) with disease, old age and death: the mortality rate is - was- and will always be 100%. Our gross bodies are the manifestations of our sinful reactions. Unnecessary killing of living creatures is the worst kind of sin, but there're also bad karmic reactions, individually and collectively, for illicit sex, intoxication and gambling. (Not that I'm perfect...) Quite possibly, people with similar karma may (under the direction of demigods - or universal managers) be destined to come together to suffer the same natural or "man-made" disasters. (Materially, there's no real hope...) Crying or Very sad

Bulsajo · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

Just what this board needs, another evangelist.

Rteacher · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA

I prefer not to be lumped in with "evangelists" (most are too sleazy and ignorant - even by my standards...) How about "spiritual realist"? Hey, nobody likes to get bad news, but the more we try to enjoy when we're young, the more we'll have to suffer when we're older... That's just life (and death) in the material world despite so much propaganda that we should indulge in sensual pleasures to the max.

What do you think the board needs? Another clueless clown peddlin' a "party till ya drop" (then teach) philosophy? Question

desultude · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:55 pm Post subject:

Rteacher · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA

In lieu of any good counter arguments, just pejoritatively label somebody and dismiss what they say (...works like a charm)

Bulsajo · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

Well, a thread on plane crashes is the right place for you to jump in and explain the world to us in terms of Hinduism? The plane crashes are 'God's punishment' of sineful ways and places? Rolling Eyes

Rteacher · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA

Dang, ...just when I thought I was in the running for "poster of the year" (much better than "imposter of the year," eh...) Hey, everyone has their off days - Out of frustration, I punched one of my high school students in the shoulder today (...Of course, when I'm "on" I have my left jab-right cross combination working and I nail them right in the jaw... ) Still jet-lagged from getting back from the U.S., I also stayed up till 3am Saturday celebrating Krishna's birthday at Fraser's Suites with 15 other like-minded (but less crazy) devotees from five different countries...)

Since seemingly no one has the guts or brains (or stomach?) to come to my defense let me just say that my initial response on this thread was obviously not very serious, but "desultude" chose to respond to it in a very serious PC manner, and I instinctively started preaching (mainly 'cause I was a full-time preacher and monk for over a dozen years...) I also don't like overbearing people, so I usually try to mix it up with some slapstick humour and other light stuff... If anyone is demented enough to check out all my 150 + posts since I signed on a couple months ago I think he-she-or it would find that fewer than a third of them relate to "Hinduism." Furthermore, I don't identify myself as a Hindu - and neither did George Harrison consider himself a Hindu when he sincerly helped popularize the Hare Krishna mantra for the benefit of all souls...

Bulsajo · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

desultude · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:30 am Post subject:

Rteacher · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA

...I admit my faults. I appreciate the concerns about my posts expressed by "desultude" and (to a lesser extent - because he knocks George Harrison...) "Bulsajo." Also, for whatever it's worth, I offer my prayers to victims and loved ones of plane crashes and natural disasters (even if some - or all - of them inexpicably had it coming...) Maybe because I'm also a Taurus I tend to use every thread as my personal "bully pulpit."... Embarassed