I said my piece; he said his. What's wrong with that? It seems very fair to me. I'm allowing him the last word.
--- In [email protected], Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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/
