Recent content by Derik R

In 1000 years, long after America is no more, it will be remembered for 1 of 2 things. the atomic bomb, or the moon landing.

I am gay, but there is nothing about "gay culture" that interests me. I am the exact opposite of the stereotype. I don't like clubs, I don't care for dance music, I am more into Classical and Chillout. I have no interest in fashion, besides looking good when I have to. I have never gone to a gay...

Yes they did. Many people now refer to it as the Holocaust of the Western Hemisphere... seeing as about 95% of the native populations died from disease, or were slaughtered.

That is pretty hard to answer, as it has been around for almost 3000 years, so the cultures it is in have coevolved and are so intertwined, it is hard to tell whether that is Buddhism influencing the culture, or the culture influencing Buddhism.