[MD] relative

[MarshaV]

Tuukka,


There is nothing in the dictionary's philosophic definition of 'relativism' or the dictionary's definition of 'relative' that I posted that indicates either term to be valueless or prohibits assigning value.

Marsha




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On Jan 11, 2012, at 6:21 AM, mail at tuukkavirtaperko.net wrote:

> Mark, Marsha,
> 
> I think Marsha is doing the opposite of what Mark suggests. She is imposing a Buddhist definition of relativism on the West. She is somewhat hostile towards the Western tradition, labeling it is post-modern "mumbo jumbo" or what ever that was. If she ain't doing that anymore (I'm not sure) that's what she was doing earlier.
> 
> In any case, that's not a good thing to do either, because it does not defuse the argument.
> 
> -Tuukka
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> 
> 
> Quoting MarshaV <valkyr at att.net>:
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>> Mark,
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>> This is just plain baloney.
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>> Marsha
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>> On Jan 10, 2012, at 7:07 PM, 118 wrote:
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>>> Marsha,
>>> You are imposing Western Values on Buddhism by resorting to the  Western notion of Relative.
>>> 
>>> Sent laboriously from an iPhone,
>>> Mark
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