[KS] Re: Religious Intolerance

Jay Lewis jay.lewis at oriental-institute.oxford.ac.uk
Wed Aug 5 13:20:17 EDT 1998


Dear Prof. Tedesco,
	Please include me as well on your "select list."
					Yours,
					JB Lewis


On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Laurel Kendall wrote:

> Frank,
> 
> Please include me on your "select list."
> 
> --Laurel Kendall
> 
> 
> At 09:54 AM 8/5/98 +0900, you wrote:
> >K-S Listers:
> >
> >It seems that my postings have upset some folks. I guess you can't satisfy
> >everyone all the time. Those among who appreciate my daily scanning for
> >interesting & diverse articles from sundry Korea-oriented newspapers
> >related to Korean culture can contact me and I will include you on a select
> >list to receive articles. I am interested in a wide variety of things
> >Korean, from different perspectives and disciplines. I like the "softer
> >side" of Korea which does not get much press in the West. My years at the
> >Korean National Commission for Unesco exposed me to things "forced" me to
> >experience aspects of Korea I probably would not have stumbled across
> >otherwise.
> >
> >As for religious intolerance, I am concerned about justice. It is clearly
> >unjust for religious fanatics to physically attack Buddhist monuments and
> >houses of worship with impunity as they have been doing over too many years
> >now. You may read my article in the Journal of Buddhist -Christian Studies,
> >v.17 if you wish background and documentation. It is available on the web
> >also at Http://www.chez.com/sarana/grez/CKorea.htm
> >
> >I have recently been invited to join a group of psychiatrists in Korea who
> >are convening an inter-faith symposium the end of September to address the
> >resolution of religious conflict (and possible war) which is brewing now.
> >The problem can not be denied any longer; the roots of the troubles will be
> >examined.
> >
> >As for Pankaj Mohan's long letter, I am reminded of an eerie tale of the
> >Brahman Kritaakrita translated from the Sanskrit entitled "Underdone,
> >overdone, undone!" (F.W. Bain, 1901). "What has been done is too little,
> >too much, and not done at all." 
> >
> >Fraom sweltering Seoul,
> >
> >Frank Tedesco
> >"People who usually bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the
> >boot that kicks them."
> >--Eric Hoffer
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 



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