On 2/25/04 3:44 AM, in article , "Stefan"
wrote:

Why oh why do "the" Americans (apologies to those who don't) have such
high esteem for fighter pilots, killing and war? Isn't soaring about
peace and understanding nature? And how dare you to change the subject
line to "Zen" when you talk about war?

Just stay safely behind your mountains and contemplate the strangeness of us
cowboys, Stefan.

We Americans respect fighter pilots because they are expected to continually
strive for the very best that can be achieved in their realm of aviation --
and a very demanding, unforgiving way of life it is, too. There are even a
few fighter pilots in Switzerland I hear. I'd bet that some of them also fly
sailplanes.

"Zen" in a subject line can't be inappropriate when the importance of clear
insight and value properly placed constitutes the true subject of a post.
Zen is never allowing attention to the means to cause you to lose sight of
the ends. Perhaps you will reread my post with that in mind.



Jack

"Zen is a religion which teaches us not to
look backward once the course is decided."

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