--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Bob Brigante" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > on 4/29/05 8:24 PM, Bob Brigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:> > > > > > > > > > >> Just M trying to slow down the enlightenment of the world. > > > > > Otherwise TM > > > > >> would catch on like wildfire and we'd all be doomed. > > > > > > > > > > ************** > > > > > > > > > > Jesus. > > > > > > > > I don't know if Jesus enlightened the world too much in his > > > lifetime. He was > > > > just one very in-your-face dude who threatened the powers that > > > were. > > > > Maharishi said they crucified him because he failed to speak > on > > > the level of > > > > consciousness of his listeners.>> > > > > > > > > > > Also (if he even existed) he lived in a time of savages and > despots > > > who crucified many people on a whim or a fancy. > > > > **** > > > > Unlike the current enlightened epoch: > > > > Stalin v. the Ukraine 5-10 million killed in 1932-33 > > > > http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/stalin.htm > >
> ...or Mao v. his own people 30-80 million killed during the Great > Leap Forward 1959-61. ******** I attended grad school with some otherwise friendly Chinese students who flamed out when I criticized Mao (not all the Chinese students thought well of Mao, I should note), as if that homicidal fool who ruined China for years, had been a plus for the country. As another indication of how stupid people are (as if we needed more proof), Stalin's image is being rehabbed in Russia. In today's L.A. Times, there is an article "Stalin has foot back on the pedestal", which cites polls: http://www.latimes.com/ A recent poll by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center found that half of the respondents looked favorably on Stalin, with 20% describing his role in the life of the country as "very positive" and 30% calling it "somewhat positive." Only 12% described it as "very negative." The All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center's poll found the most favorable views of Stalin among those over 60, with 67% of them saying his historical role was positive. The weakest support was in the 25-34 age group, with 38% viewing him favorably and 47% critically. In the 18-24 age bracket, 45% had positive views compared with 39% who viewed him negatively and 16% who had no opinion. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
