[MD] Babylonian intellectuals

[David Thomas]

>>[Mary twice removed]
>> 
>> I don't see any difference between the way a Westerner puts his shoes
>> on every morning and the way an Easterner does.  Nor do I see any difference
>> in how each perceives their shoes.  Do we have an uncrossable 'shoe' chasm?

>> [Dave]
>> It's more subtle than that, more like a mud in the toes thing. A not-
>> shoes vs shoes chasm.

>[Mary]
> Very funny, Dave, but if I respond in a positive way, Khoo will (rightly) be
> mad at me. 
> 
> So, as I see it, you are trying to catch me out in the old flip-flops vs
> sneakers trap.  Remember well, however, that both are now all made in China.

>[Khoo]
> The Metaphysics of the Shoe:
 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FAPLMLeSDo&feature=player_embedded

[Dave]
Even though shoes don't make the Buddha, I'm pretty sure that the Dali Lama
prancing around in Lady GaGa shoes would break up the sessen:-)

Dave