--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [sparaig wrote:] > The TMO has been most concerned with use of the NAME of > > transcendental meditation during the past few lawsuits. This > > makes sense to ME because the TMO has always offered followup > > programs based on the assumption that everyone they're dealing > > with started wioth the same basic instruction and they're > > protecting their clientelle as much as themselves. > > > > Do you really object to this stance? Why? > > Because it's not true. > > When I worked at National I was assigned to be the > "point man" in the efforts to strengthen the use of > copyrighted terms like "TM" and "Transcendental > Meditation." So I had to interface between the > copyright lawyers who had been hired and the then > heads of the US movement. I can guarantee you that > at no point during any of the discussions was the > welfare of TMers or their "clientele" discussed.
Is it possible that this was simply *assumed*?-- > It was simply a question of protecting a monopoly > and keeping other people from offering for a cheaper > price what they were offering for an expensive one. --i.e., that "protecting the monopoly" was seen to be essential to preserve the "purity of the teaching," and thus automatically (in the TM view) more beneficial to the welfare of TMers? Lawyers talk about what's important to lawyers. It doesn't *necessarily* mean there are no other considerations involved. > Also discussed often was vengeance, ways to punish > former TM teachers who dared to teach outside the > organization. Note that sanctions are not necessarily equivalent to punishment for the sake of punishment, or "vengeance." Sanctions may well be more for the sake of deterrence than of "vengeance." 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/
