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Buddha in the (neighbor)Hood!
karasti
BreathingMinnesota Moderator
Nice story about a man who disliked the state of his neighborhood and put up a statue of Buddha he got at the hardware store...and what happened next.
https://oaklandnorth.net/2014/10/21/buddha-of-oakland/
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Lovely little tale ... tnx.
Love stories like this...I just shared it on another forum.
Thank you, @karasti, for sharing it here.
Let's just hope they don't start doing what they're doing lately at Ankor Wat -- taking nude selfies!
I do, too
I like that he saw a problem and thought, "We'll just put a little Buddha right here, and see what happens." And people took it up and ran with it!
One of the commenters to that link suggests a comparison to Nevil Shute's "Round the Bend" - one of my favorite books. Nice!
Thankfully not in the literal sense
Too bad we don't see more stories like that in the news.
Yes I agree. Trouble is, good (local) news isn't news. People want sensationalism and shock-horror. Local good news makes local papers, but rarely does any good deed make the headlines.
In fact, you're more likely to find it in your Faccebook/Twitter feed first....
Sensationalism and entertainment -- yes, the news has certainly sold itself out in that regard. Thank you, Mr. Murdoch.
And yet simultaneously, Walter Cronkite, a pretty well-respected American newsman in his day, once commented that "news isn't about how many cats did not get up on the garage roof."
Another razor's edge, perhaps -- the line between entertainment and information.
Here's some more good news...
I wonder how the City of Oakland feels about it. It's their little traffic management strip, or whatever it is. I guess they're pleased that there's no more dumping, at least. It's kind of like the adopt-a-traffic-island program that my city has.
Wow, those double-decker buses sure are fancy these days! In NYC they have a few of the old kind, that the city or someone must have bought from your side of the pond.