Why don't you respond to mark's points? You engage in a debate and then bailout when someone responds rationally to your posts pointing oput their short-comings? You're not interested in discussing this, you just take your TB shit and leave. What a pussy!
--- feste37 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's a spirited response but I stand by my points > as written. > > --- In [email protected], > "markmeredith2002" < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: feste37 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 9:53 AM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Email from an old > friend > > > > > > > > > This is interesting. It seems that despite his > protests that he > > > means the > > > movement no ill, Rick Archer does in fact work > behind the scenes > to > > > undermine the TM organization. > > > > What exactly is "behind the scenes" here??? > > > > The article in question was obviously > > > biased, > > > since it quoted two dissaffected ex-TMers > (Archer and Petrick) but > > > did not > > > bother to seek out anyone who is happy with the > TMO, relying > instead > > > on > > > official spokesmen. > > > > First, it wasn't an article, it was an opinion > piece on the > editorial > > page, written not by Rick Archer but by Erik > Gable, who works for > the > > Fairfield Ledger and has visited the Amma event > for the past 2 yrs. > > > > > Gable quotes both Pierson and Wallace which > explains the MUM policy > > quite thoroughly. Does "biased" mean anything > critical of the TMO?? > > > > And Amma's organization was held up as an ideal > > > and > > > used to trash the TMO. (In fact, these two > organizations have very > > > different > > > purposes in the world and should not be > compared.) > > > > "Trashed"?? Maybe there's a good and cosmic for > what the TMO does, > > but for an average midwestern citizen, like Gable, > to be spiritually > > turned off by the local tmo's fundraising > obsession and guys in > white > > robes and golden crowns driving around fairfield > in stretch limos > > should be understandable. The Amma org. is surely > not ideal either, > > but the contrast is stark in this regard. Maybe > you expect every > > single published word on the TMO to sound like a > TMO press release?? > > > > > I think it is fine if people want to promote > their own spiritual > > > path, but Rick's > > > decision to do so by encouraging a reporter to > present another > > > spiritual > > > organization in a bad light is, shall we say, > regrettable. It > reminds > > > me of the > > > Christian fundamentalists. They can't just say > what they believe; > > > they have to > > > attack what others believe as well. > > > > Well maybe Gable will respond here to how the > editorial came about, > > but I think the viewpoints expressed were his not > Rick Archer's. > > > > Regarding fundmentalists, it's the TMO that kicks > people out for > even > > visiting other teachers and that goes ballistic > and views as > > "negativity" when anyone suggests reasons for its > slump for the past > > 20 yrs (slump other than fundraising that is). > > > > > 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
