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Thanks for posting the two items David.  Much appreciated.
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David Arnott wrote:

> I SEEM TO POST THIS POEM BY A BUDDHIST MONK EVERY YEAR OR SO.
>
> BELOW IS A PRESS ACCOUNT OF A SERMON BY JACQUES DERRIDA THAT CAME TO
> ME RECENTLY VIA THE BUDDHIST PEACE FELLOWSHIP LISTSERV.
>
> Call Me By My True Names
>
> Do not say that I'll depart tomorrow, because even today I still
> arrive........................
>
> A conference at Villanova University addressing the topic starred
> Jacques Derrida, high priest of deconstruction.
>
> By David O'Reilly
> INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
>
> When postmodernist thinkers began "deconstructing" Western civilization's
> surest certainties and
> most cherished texts a generation ago, their radical skepticism seemed
> especially hostile to religion.
>
> and cultures...................