Carl_Bergstrom

Fred et al.,

Decide what you will about the propriety of my tone, and assume what you will about the background of knowledge and practice behind my statements.

I have no interest in defending myself from the vile charges that I have willfully engaged in persuasive argumentation in an online discussion forum. Nor have I any interest in defending the perspective that Zen may actually have some meaning beyond the pseudo-philosophical ideas of cyclic return, minimalism, transience, and dialectic tension with which it is all too often associated in the western popular press.

So decide what you will - or better yet, go out and study or even practice Zen and/or Bonsai on your own, and form your own opinions based on less sandy foundations than those that seem to prevail around these parts.

With my best regards,
Carl

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