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[GarthB]

Originally posted by His High Holiness
Roland has taken quite a beating here recently. I, for one, have read most of his articles. Has anyone here studied Zen? Roland's articles have a certain Zen like quality to them. It is sort of like the wisdom of Yogi Berra.

"When you come to fork in the road, take it." On the face of it, that is an absurd statement much in the same way that Roland's articles are often absurd. For VIPs receiving honorary degrees, Yogi's quote above is the most often used quotation in a commencement address. It is wisdom for the ages. Likewise, Roland has numerous bits of Zen like wisdom buried in his pieces.

I have written that baseball is a religious experience. Roland has carried that over into Internet baseball as well. I think that the problem may be that this has very little to do with umpiring, unless one is a spritual type.

Note to Carl: The Godless umpires are complaining.

This comparison between Zen and things that are just plain absurd has been made many times regarding many subjects. It was even included in a Comparison of Relgions course I took in college.

In the end, the only ones who accept simple absurdity as Zen are those who truly do not understand Zen.

Rolandese may be simply absurd, but it is not Zen.



[Edited by GarthB on Jul 29th, 2005 at 10:06 AM]