--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Now, now. DOn't let the facts get in the way of the hate-fest... > > > > > > I don't think that there is hate here. People are just trying to > > > understand what's going on. No need to charge up the retoric. > > > Criticism sure, dislike sure, hate-fest, I doubt it. > > > > I see it a bit differently. Every time a negative story about MMY is > > recounted, there's a crowd of people here who automatically accept > > it as true. These same people automatically doubt or reject outright > > any positive story. > > One of the differences, Lawson, is that many if not > most of the people here are TM *teachers*, as opposed > to the forum you're more used to. They've been around > the block a few times, heard all the stories, and have > found out for themselves how many of the "postive" ones > are a steaming pile of bull crap. And, more important, > they've been on the "front lines" for years or decades, > dealing with these same questions from others, telling > them the same bull crap, as they were taught to. > > Look at the home page for this group, at the "mission > statement" posted there. This is a place for people who > think for themselves, and are proud of that. When some- > one comes here trying to impress by telling the same old > warmed-over tall tales we've heard for years, using > *exactly* the same words they were told in when we first > heard them, using *exactly* the same words *we* used when > *we* told them, or were *taught* to tell them, it doesn't > quite have the effect you are hoping for. > > Is there dissatisfaction here with Maharishi personally > and the TM organization? Well, duh? How could one be > a thinking individual looking at either dispassionately > and not feel some dissatisfaction? The difference between > this forum and others you are more used to is that no one > here is waiting in the wings to stomp such dissatisfaction > out and label those who feel it as traitors or "anti-TMers" > or worse. And when someone tries, as you seem to be doing > these days, the response is usually to laugh at them for > trying rather than lash out in return. We've all been > there, done that so many times that most people just have > developed a tolerance for those who try to "defend" Maha- > rishi by lashing out at his critics and/or repeating the > same tired old stories, under the theory that if you > repeat them often enough, people will actually believe > they're true. That may work for America when the Bushies > do it, but I don't think you're gonna get very far doing > it here. > > Just some friendly advice, guy. You know that I like you, > but you're coming across as a bit of a fundamentalist, in > a crowd that got over that shit years ago. > > Unc
Unc, I hope to be able to expreess myself half as clearly someday. JohnY 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/
