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Thu Jan-15-09 12:05 PM
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Man offended by Buddha statue at zoo - but it isn't Buddha

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The statues of “Buddha” at the Kansas City Zoo that offended an Overland Park man are not images of Buddha at all, according to a local lama.

“I have seen them,” said Lama Chuck Stanford, executive and spiritual director of the Rime Buddhist Center. “They are statues of Ho Tai, the patron saint of children in China and Japan. He is closer to Santa Claus.”

The Overland Park man, whose family are Christians, complained to a zoo employee after he saw people rubbing the bellies and heads of the statues at the entrance to the Tiger Trail area of the zoo.

http://www.kansascity.com/637/story/981921.html?comment...

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Man offended by Buddha statue at zoo - but it isn't Buddha	proud2Blib	Jan-15-09 12:05 PM	#0
Funny how they get offended	hobbit709	Jan-15-09 12:08 PM	#1
Perhaps the idiot would prefer this statue at the zoo	MineralMan	Jan-15-09 12:10 PM	#2
Yes!! Buddy Christ	Twinguard	Jan-15-09 12:22 PM	#17
a smiling fat man is more offensive than a bloody body nailed to a cross?	Donnachaidh	Jan-15-09 12:10 PM	#3
damn Buddhists they're taking over the zoo!	Enrique	Jan-15-09 12:11 PM	#4
I hate to tell him, but you can be Christian AND follow Buddhism with no conflict	LostinVA	Jan-15-09 12:12 PM	#5
Yeah LostInVA but I bet this guy's definition excludes Catholics as well.	YOY	Jan-15-09 12:51 PM	#31
He's the ex head of the Religious Education at St. Peter's College	LostinVA	Jan-15-09 01:08 PM	#42
I thought he was a rapper.	MilesColtrane	Jan-15-09 03:00 PM	#61
Thomas Merton is SO going to hell too! n/t	eridani	Jan-15-09 04:22 PM	#71
Hey thats how I follow it too...	FreeState	Jan-15-09 04:41 PM	#78
Here he is:	Kalyke	Jan-15-09 12:12 PM	#6
Well, he's obese for one thing...	MineralMan	Jan-15-09 12:16 PM	#10
He's raisin' the roof	kenny blankenship	Jan-15-09 12:48 PM	#30
LOL!!	Kalyke	Jan-15-09 12:54 PM	#33
LOL	proud2Blib	Jan-15-09 01:01 PM	#37
Either that, or he's waving his hands in the air, like he just don't care.	tridim	Jan-15-09 01:05 PM	#41
...	AspieGrrl	Jan-15-09 02:28 PM	#54
LMAO!	SIMPLYB1980	Jan-15-09 02:35 PM	#56
Looks more like a sumo wrestler in a droopy diaper...	Contrary1	Jan-15-09 02:27 PM	#53
Or, since it is a zoo,	MineralMan	Jan-15-09 12:13 PM	#7
"Don't vote fer Elisha"	louis-t	Jan-15-09 12:30 PM	#21
Don't give them any ideas.	Jamastiene	Jan-15-09 04:30 PM	#74
Can we get four more recs to put this on the greatest page?	bananas	Jan-15-09 12:15 PM	#8
OH MY GOD ... AN OPPOSING VIEWPOINT!!	meegbear	Jan-15-09 12:15 PM	#9
Quote: "I wuz offended, cause if dey were crosses, ACLU wuld be all aginst it!"	YOY	Jan-15-09 12:16 PM	#11
First of all, that quote is not in the article. Second of all, the point made by the	hedgehog	Jan-15-09 12:32 PM	#23
It wasn't a real quote. It was in jest.	YOY	Jan-15-09 12:38 PM	#27
Ironically, I believe your apocryphal Christian does have a valid point.	hedgehog	Jan-15-09 12:53 PM	#32
Wicking?	Jamastiene	Jan-15-09 04:32 PM	#76
Did you mean Wiccan?	lildreamer316	Jan-15-09 04:54 PM	#81
Ooops! I did have Wiccan typed in there, but I let spell check change it!	hedgehog	Jan-15-09 10:25 PM	#88
I live in Kansas City and my taxes pay for that zoo.	Telly Savalas	Jan-18-09 12:25 AM	#98
The statues are only sacred when an eye-opening ceremony	Progs Rock	Jan-16-09 04:39 AM	#90
How about Khristians? nt	LiberalEsto	Jan-15-09 12:36 PM	#26
No. We need not.	Commie Pinko Dirtbag	Jan-15-09 06:27 PM	#85
It's a common mistake. Many people think Ho Tai is Buddha.	Coventina	Jan-15-09 12:17 PM	#12
"We are all our own Buddha."	TahitiNut	Jan-15-09 12:21 PM	#16
It's a fairly common error made by non-Buddhists ... it's called "the laughing Buddha."	TahitiNut	Jan-15-09 12:19 PM	#13
Hush Xian! Your ignorance and prejudice are showing. WWJT(hink)? n/t	DCKit	Jan-15-09 12:19 PM	#14
Some call Ho Tai the "Laughing Buddha"...	GoddessOfGuinness	Jan-15-09 12:20 PM	#15
When he drives by a cattle ranch, does he complain that it's an obscene Hindu ceremony? nt	InternalDialogue	Jan-15-09 12:26 PM	#18
Definition of Buddha	shireen	Jan-15-09 12:28 PM	#19
How embarrassing	Canuckistanian	Jan-15-09 12:29 PM	#20
I wonder if the guy was offended by the picture of the fundies laying	usnret88	Jan-15-09 12:31 PM	#22
Were they trying to milk it?	MineralMan	Jan-15-09 12:33 PM	#24
It was more like Ba'al v2.0. n/t	myrna minx	Jan-15-09 12:36 PM	#25
Not milking, but asking god to intercede in the financial crisis. The	usnret88	Jan-15-09 01:02 PM	#39
Ah, yes...	backscatter712	Jan-15-09 02:37 PM	#57
Typical uninformed Amerikan	WI_DEM	Jan-15-09 12:41 PM	#28
The complaint is ridiculous but note that although Ho Tai is not “the” Buddha, it is “a” Buddha	goodhue	Jan-15-09 12:45 PM	#29
"We are all our own Buddha."	TahitiNut	Jan-15-09 12:56 PM	#34
"If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him." Zen Koan	Tierra_y_Libertad	Jan-15-09 02:03 PM	#51
Exactly!	TahitiNut	Jan-15-09 04:40 PM	#77
I have a feeling that the guy squawking about Ho Tei was not seeking enlightenment.	Tierra_y_Libertad	Jan-15-09 05:40 PM	#83
I'm going to have to agree with the lama on this one.	Bornaginhooligan	Jan-15-09 12:57 PM	#36
Santa Clause is god in a red suit.	IMModerate	Jan-15-09 01:10 PM	#43
Sure.	Bornaginhooligan	Jan-15-09 01:12 PM	#45
Correct -- even "The" Buddha didn't believe he was "The" just "A"	LostinVA	Jan-15-09 01:11 PM	#44
ignorance is bliss. nt	Javaman	Jan-15-09 12:57 PM	#35
The comments on the original article are hilarious	mainer	Jan-15-09 01:01 PM	#38
I can't believe they forgot about the prairie dogs!	proud2Blib	Jan-15-09 02:31 PM	#55
the family was then taken to the Lions pen for feeding time	Neo	Jan-15-09 01:04 PM	#40
In the strictest sense, I agree with this guy - religious iconography isn't an appropriate	petronius	Jan-15-09 01:20 PM	#46
Speaking as a fellow who self-identifies as "mostly Buddhist"	bigmonkey	Jan-15-09 01:57 PM	#50
I wondered about that, but since I'm not Buddhist (no religion at all)	petronius	Jan-15-09 02:43 PM	#58
Laughing Buddha is commonplace statuary all over the world, and not particularly religious	goodhue	Jan-15-09 02:19 PM	#52
The bozo needs to read his bible	subliminable	Jan-15-09 01:23 PM	#47
Would a statue of Apollo or Venus be as offensive?	mainer	Jan-15-09 01:29 PM	#48
Good point.	Progs Rock	Jan-16-09 04:42 AM	#
It would depend on whether she was nekkid or not.	Pacifist Patriot	Jan-16-09 11:50 AM	#94
Because of this story....That statue will be taken down.	LeftHander	Jan-15-09 01:36 PM	#49
Here's another article and a poll:	proud2Blib	Jan-15-09 02:51 PM	#59
Oh, good gravy.	knitter4democracy	Jan-16-09 08:58 AM	#92
And of course today we have LTTEs in our local paper	proud2Blib	Jan-16-09 11:39 AM	#93
Oh, sheesh. Don't they have anything better to do?	knitter4democracy	Jan-17-09 10:12 PM	#96
They should set up a hot dog cart in front of the statue,...	MilesColtrane	Jan-15-09 02:58 PM	#60
LOL! Thank you.	Just A Yeller Dawg	Jan-15-09 06:30 PM	#86
The hot dog stand belongs in front of a suitable Hindu statue.	Oak2004	Jan-18-09 12:15 AM	#97
Yay, that's my state.	crimsonblue	Jan-15-09 03:01 PM	#62
You lucked out	proud2Blib	Jan-15-09 03:29 PM	#63
KC is still kansas. even the mizzery parts.	crimsonblue	Jan-15-09 03:37 PM	#66
Well thanks for letting me know	proud2Blib	Jan-15-09 03:38 PM	#67
oh, you didn't get the memo?	crimsonblue	Jan-15-09 03:41 PM	#69
Overland Park is in Kansas, not Missouri	Terran	Jan-15-09 04:46 PM	#79
The zoo is in MO	proud2Blib	Jan-15-09 04:59 PM	#82
Is your area	Gilligan	Jan-15-09 03:33 PM	#64
Must be	proud2Blib	Jan-15-09 03:38 PM	#68
They DEMAND	Gilligan	Jan-15-09 06:22 PM	#84
Aww those poor, poor fundies...	sakabatou	Jan-15-09 03:35 PM	#65
That guy better stay off college campuses then. Typically the mascot statue is the subject of	yellowcanine	Jan-15-09 03:46 PM	#70
ALL YOUR BELLIES ARE BELONG TO US!	Jamastiene	Jan-15-09 04:26 PM	#72
Overland Park Christian man: "They all look the same to me!"	Ignis	Jan-15-09 04:29 PM	#73
I have a Ho Tai statue!	KansDem	Jan-15-09 04:31 PM	#75
Woops.	lpbk2713	Jan-15-09 04:50 PM	#80
Perfect!	proud2Blib	Jan-16-09 04:00 AM	#89
Ho Tei is the Chinese Happy God. I once had a Chinese doctor who had	1monster	Jan-15-09 06:46 PM	#87
What a moran.	Tilion	Jan-16-09 04:42 AM	#91
I get offended	Dorian Gray	Jan-16-09 11:52 AM	#95
What a "Dick with Ears"....I bet he thinks he actually did something noble....n/t	Ragazz68	Jan-18-09 12:32 AM	#99
I nominate this for top 10 conservative idiots! n/t	TheFarseer	Jan-18-09 01:22 AM	#100

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