<p>Awwww fuck...I'm gonna turn around and go home with my carbonite han solo figure and jedi robe now....*mope* *mope*.</p>
<p>Actually...j/k...I don't have any star wars shit. Those guys are like the tina turner's of mad max's thunderdome...just eye candy. I do have a star trek engineer uniform, am building a sonic screwdriver out of stainless steel (because those plastic ones that come in the little package suck serious ass), and have that tron suit thing.</p>
<p>And as a sidenote - you rule for multiple reasons Danny - A) for dealing with an annoying albeit hilarious situation and B) for making me squirt coffee/oj/milk out of my nose every time I read one of your e-mailz...</p>
<p>Xoxo,<br>
Sean</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 16, 2011 12:20 AM, "Danny O'Brien" <<a href="mailto:danny@spesh.com">danny@spesh.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 11:21 PM, Jason Dusek <<a href="mailto:jason.dusek@gmail.com">jason.dusek@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> It is strange that someone with a Tibetan title and robe is<br>>> "activating" a Chinese Buddhist (and Daoist) folk diety. It is a<br>>> little like a priest holding forth over a traditional Torah<br>
>> scroll. Not completely without sense -- the text of the Torah<br>>> being substantially included in the Old Testament -- but very,<br>>> very fusion. To say he "activated" it is a little ridiculous and<br>
>> imparts a strange quality to the shrine -- which is no more<br>>> "active" than it was before he did anything with it.<br>>><br>>> Naturally, as a follower of Zen, I would like to see Buddha's<br>
>> way more widely known. For some time, I lit incense for Saintly<br>>> Emperor Guan and some members of Noisebridge would join me. Not<br>>> too many did, though, and I set aside the practice. Everyone's<br>
>> karma is different. For those who love temples, there are<br>>> temples.<br>> <br>> I think this is probably the key point here. The guy *has* a temple.<br>> Actually, I think he has at least two: Macang Monastery, and Hua Zang<br>
> Si, just around the corner, also run by his group. Hua Zang Si is very<br>> beautiful. I frankly will miss Guan Yu. I think most people had grown<br>> to like him.<br>> <br>>><br>>> Just the same, our community's feeling about religion is<br>
>> hypocritical and counter productive. We embrace sci-fi beliefs<br>>> and cherish symbols of popular culture in a way that can only be<br>>> characterized as folk religion, rejecting the symbols of other<br>
>> cultures and times in the manner of provincial extremists.<br>>><br>> <br>> I don't think you can gloss over the whole our community that way (not<br>> anymore, too many people -- and not even in Ancient Times, when we had<br>
> long discussion about Guan Yu and his appropriateness).<br>> <br>> About the only thing I could glean consensus on was that the whole<br>> Church-clearing and proselytising was getting pretty irritating and<br>
> unsettling to a lot of people, and everyone seemed to agree that this<br>> stuff was better off taking place at Free School (and if there was<br>> some disagreement about that, it came from the Free School, who were<br>
> probably sitting down the road going: hey, you know what, those guys<br>> have a SHRINE over there).<br>> <br>> I know what you mean about pop cult symbols, but honestly, I think if<br>> we had a bunch of ultra-serious Jedis clean out Church to erect some<br>
> carbonite they'd dug out of the lasercutter room, tempers would have<br>> begun to fray by now.<br>> <br>> Actually, you're right, maybe that would have taken a lot longer.<br>> <br>> PLEASE NOBODY TEST THIS OUT.<br>
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