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Article: The redneck goes Buddhist. (humor)
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- National Review
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- March 4, 1988
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THE REDNECK GOES BUDDHIST
What, for Sure, I know about Buddhism is you wanter have clean socks t'do it in. I know that because I'm right now at a downtown han meeting--which is whenever enough middle-managment yuppie people get shoeless together and chant in Japanese. First off they rattle through Lotus Sutra--to the fetching tune of, far as I can tell, here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a quack-quack. Mind, in our believe-whatever nation, you better not show disrespect for color, race, or creed, especial when that creed is hotter than sun spots, the way Nichiren Shoshu of America (NSA) has been, just look what they did to Mr. Jimmy Greek--and he said nice ...