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	<title>Comments on: The Brand Vultures – Keds &amp; Co.</title>
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		<title>By: JamieS</title>
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		<description>I think you (Chime Tenzing) owe Ms. Burrows and apology.

Your complaint contained allusions to incidents involving threats, violence, and intimidation--allusions in which you later referred to victims as &quot;culprits.&quot;  You likened the people running Keds to such &quot;culprits,&quot; suggesting that they may become victims of such intimidation themselves.
That is a very threatening tone to take and, I would have thought, an inexcusable one.
If you did not mean to be threatening or to imply sympathy with people who commit threats and engage in intimidation, you may want to consider clarifying your stance.

You say that Keds &quot; . . . overlooked the importance of respecting the values and ideals . . .&quot; of Buddhism.
Respect for ideals and values can only be meaningfully given when one understands what those values and ideals are.  (And those ideals and values must be worthy of respect in order to get any).  Most Americans know very little about Buddhism, and you earn Buddhism no respect by posting a petulant rant (especially about what seems such a trivial issue) in its name.

Now if you&#039;ll excuse me, I have to go wash my &quot;grubby American feet.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think you (Chime Tenzing) owe Ms. Burrows and apology.</p>
<p>Your complaint contained allusions to incidents involving threats, violence, and intimidation&#8211;allusions in which you later referred to victims as &#8220;culprits.&#8221;  You likened the people running Keds to such &#8220;culprits,&#8221; suggesting that they may become victims of such intimidation themselves.<br />
That is a very threatening tone to take and, I would have thought, an inexcusable one.<br />
If you did not mean to be threatening or to imply sympathy with people who commit threats and engage in intimidation, you may want to consider clarifying your stance.</p>
<p>You say that Keds &#8221; . . . overlooked the importance of respecting the values and ideals . . .&#8221; of Buddhism.<br />
Respect for ideals and values can only be meaningfully given when one understands what those values and ideals are.  (And those ideals and values must be worthy of respect in order to get any).  Most Americans know very little about Buddhism, and you earn Buddhism no respect by posting a petulant rant (especially about what seems such a trivial issue) in its name.</p>
<p>Now if you&#8217;ll excuse me, I have to go wash my &#8220;grubby American feet.&#8221;</p>
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