> When in Rome, and all that. >
Cultural relativism is very popular today, but not with me. "I am Rome." --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sandiego108" <sandiego108@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > then he said the words > that pierced me: "It would be BAD KARMA for > > > MAHARISHI for you to be > here, and it would be BAD KARMA FOR YOU to > > > be here." You must leave... > > > > > <snip> > > > > yep, I thought that was 24 karat pure bullshit too-- sounded like "the > > boogey-man's gonna get you". real crap. > > > > > WEll, it WAS announced days before the cremation on the Maharishi Channel that it would > be a strictly tradtional Vedic ceremony, fully segregated by sex. I try not to crash other > people's religious ceremonies if they have a bias against me being there unless I'm > secretly doing an expose on segregated religious ceremonies. > > Obviously, the proper thing was to turn around and walk off as it was a strictly observed > men-only ceremony and regardless of the karmic issues for MMY, refusing to honor the > religious ceremonial wishes of the deceased seems less than respectful. > > > When in Rome, and all that. > > > Lawson >