Boo_lives' explanation seems the most likely to me. Whenever you're preparing for trial you're constantly evaluating how your witnesses will come across to a jury. Mr. Morris' demeanor and mannerisms would be very off-putting, I would imagine, particularly to a Jefferson County jury pool to whom it could only confirm cult bizzaro world.
** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "boo_lives" <boo_li...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <drpetersutphen@> wrote: > > > > So, it looks like his doctorate is an honorary degree from MERU, > itself a non-accreditted institution. No wonder he did not want to > testify because his non-expertise in pedagogy could be quickly > established. > > > I don't think it's that. I think it's that bevan comes off looking > like a mentally imbalanced, slightly hypnotized and kooky sounding > cultist. The more bevan talked on the stand using his bizarre > tmo-speak, gayish affectations, and eyes staring up and blinking like > crazy, the more it would seem that MUM didn't restrain Sem because > crazies like him don't stand out. Give credit to mum's lawyers for > realizing that they needed to keep bevan away from the courtroom. > > > --- On Fri, 1/9/09, Duveyoung <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > From: Duveyoung <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: MUM stabbing lawsuit > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Date: Friday, January 9, 2009, 11:18 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyone want to add to the below list? > > > > How's 'bout: > > > > Summa Cum Lardo Emeritus-Schmeritus > > > > Prime Adulterer > > > > Doctor of Fey Creepiness > > > > Chairman of the Bored > > > > > > > Bevan Morris, Prime Minister of the Global Country of World Peace ⤢ > > > B.A., M.A., Psychology and Philosophy, Gonville and Caius College, > > > Cambridge University (England) ⤢ M.S.C.I., D.S.C.I., Maharishi > > > European Research University ⤢ Doctor of World Peace, Maharishi > > > University of World Peace ⤢ International President of Maharishi > Vedic > > > Universities ⤢ President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, > > > Maharishi University of Management, U.S.A. ⤢ President of the > > > Maharishi Global Development Fund ⤢ President of the Maharishi World > > > Peace Fund ⤢ Chairman of the Board of Directors of Maharishi > School of > > > the Age of Enlightenment ⤢ Fairfield, Iowa > > > > > >
