--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote:
> Sounds to me as if he's committed to "I've got > mine, fuck the rest of you." That's what it sounds like to me. > True Believers will find a way to believe no > matter what. Deep inside, there is a little voice > that says to them, "If I doubt now, that's like > saying that I was stupid and wasted my life. Can't > have that. I'll hang in there with the Kingster > and wish his 3-1/2-year-old luck in "school." :-) That's the rough part, and where I have to feel some compassion. This is more than a little chink in the armour, as I see it. I mean maybe they can pull off major denial, but it's a pretty big disconnect to swallow. > The TB phenomenon is a strange one. As Bhairitu > has previously reported, another instance of it > can be seen in the *terrible* film "The Book Of > Eli," which I watched last night. In a post- > apocalyptic world, the whole premise of the movie > (which one wag called "Road Warrior meets Zatoichi") > is that if Denzel Washington manages to save one > copy of The Bible, that'll make everything all > better again. All I can say is that I hope that > Denzel got paid a shitload of cash to be in this > Christianist turkey. Thanks for heads up. This was on my list. I have to give it a second thought. > > As for Da King, if this whole thing *does* blow up > and he has to abdicate his imaginary throne and > leave his imaginary kingdom in the hands of Bevan, > the bottom line for him is still "I've got mine." > He'll still have the condo in Paris and the wife > and the kids. Maybe he still has his weight in gold. Maybe that is what is financing this whole thing. I mean, if gold is selling at $1,100.oo/ounce, and he weighs, say 160 lbs. Yowzer. The *only* difference in his life > would be that if wifey asks him to run down to the > SuperU to pick up a liter of milk, he won't have > to worry about someone seeing him without his > robes and crown. That would be the *only* real > change in his lifestyle. > > For the True Believers who *bought into* the well- > cultivated perception of his lifestyle, BIG change. > That's why they'll find a way to "stuff" this whole > thing and never think about it again. To do other- > wise would leave them having to challenge their own > beliefs in not only Da King, but in the guy who > told them over and over and over and over that Da > King was the perfect incarnation of Brahman and > Purusha and everything "right" with the world. > > The only real change I'd see in most of the movement > is that when Da King issues a proclamation to his > "subjects," some of them are going to laugh in his > face instead of taking it seriously. But that is what I think could be the thread that undoes this . If he loses credibility, then you've got a vaccum. And then there's the money. Always the money. If that starts to dry up, then the whole thing goes to pieces quick. Which, if you > think about it, is a development that is almost as > interesting as the whole faux tapestry unraveling, > and what any sane person should have been doing > all along. >
