--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > "young Joe Stalin"? > > > > It's a very precise phrase, and in my opinion > > an accurate one. > > > > I first encounter the young, still-thin Bevan > > Morris on my last TM course, a six-month stint > > of awesome boredom spent ostensibly learning > > how to fly (well, at the time that really *was* > > how it was advertised) in St. Moritz, Switzer- > > land. There was no real "course leader," but > > Bevan would show up from time to time to over- > > see things and "take reports" of "good exper- > > iences" to theoretically take back to Maharishi. > > > > I sat in a room with him one day and watched > > as he was talking with person after person > > who had such "good experiences" to report. > > And I noticed something fascinating, something > > that at the time I wasn't expecting. I noticed > > a prevailing emotion in Bevan as he listened, > > and in how he reacted. > > > > That emotion was JEALOUSY. > > > a lot of people get jealous. since you have utterly > failed to address my incredulity at this hyperbole, > i'll repeat it, with some clarification: > > "young Joe Stalin"? Stalin murdered 25 million Russians.
Not exactly what most people would call a "petty tyrant." But that's how Barry thinks of Stalin, it seems. I'm sure he'll have an excellent explanation for why he does. Somewhere in it will be the assertion that *all* tyrants are petty, by definition. (In which case Barry's phrase "petty tyrant" would be redundant, but that's just, you know, hair- splitting.)
