I ' m not a picky guy <| sep |> took my dad shooting on thanksgiving . hes not very proficient , and i was only half paying attention , and he did this for a magazine and a half before i noticed . there was a small pile of . 22 lr on the ground he had ejected . <| sep |> twistare I do not understand the usage of Cotton in this sentence . sptwiponder Has it something to do with this guy ? spppboring Some enlightment would be welcome of course . <| sep |> The problem with rbuddhism is that there is often whitewashing of any wrongdoing by Buddhists , so I thought you were claiming the persecution itself does not exist . Yes , we will see whitewashing though it isn ' t the majority view . Wrong view and ignorance will always exist whether it is in an Internet forum or a Sangha . Donning the robes doesn ' t automatically remove greed , hatred and delusion . Monks are not immune from stupidity any more that we are . Skim through the origination stories in the Vinaya Pitaka and you ' ll find all kinds of monks and nuns behaving badly in the Buddha ' s time .