--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > <snip> > > > To me, all of this points to a completely idealistic image of MMY > > > that is seriously threatened by other viewpoints implying > > > any "fallibility" or humanity on MMY's part > > > > Man, you really lack insight. I have a less ideal image of MMY > > than you and half the people here. You just don't see it. > > In my observation, some critics (of TM or > most anything else) will respond to > a person who criticizes their critiques by > accusing them of being a partisan supporter > of the other side. > > T'ain't necessarily so. I and others are > routinely painted as cultists on alt.m.t by > He Who Must Not Be Named when we point out > that a criticism of the TMO or MMY or TMers > is inaccurate or unfair or illogical or > exaggerated. > > The notion that critics of others' criticisms > must be blind True Believers may be a sincere > misunderstanding on the part of the person who > voices it (as I suspect is the case with Rory) > or it may be (as, er, He Who Must Not Be Named > himself pointed out on FFL not long ago) a > thought-stopper intended to deflect attention > from the substance of the criticism of the > original critique and invalidate it without > having to actually deal with it. > > (I've been known to defend Dubya from what I > thought was unfair criticism, and I yield to > no one in my loathing for the little pr*ck.) > > Some critics can be more cultishly protective > of their own criticisms than those whom they > are pleased to label as cultists. > > Shades of gray, folks, shades of gray.
Point well taken, Judy. Let me rephrase: Offworld, on closer analysis it appears as if what sticks in your craw is the very possibility that MMY could ever lie. Would this be an accurate assessment of your position? I am *not* saying he did -- but I am open to the possibility, and wonder at what seems to be your vehement denial of that possibility -- this looks like what I've called idealism or fundamentalism: the refusal to see or acknowledge the possibility of shades of gray. Everyone seems to have a bit of everything in themselves -- saint and swindler, truth-teller and liar. Brahman is paradox. The bottom line re MMY however is, I just don't know. At this point anyhow, it wouldn't affect my worldview either way, as far as I can see :-) 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/
