--- TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], Peter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Unfortunately I think you're right Unc. I'm sure > the > > intent is to try to make people think and act one > way > > but the reality of the schools is something quite > > different. In other words, a con. It's really too > bad. > > This type of "con" mentality comes up time and > time > > again in the TMO. By a con mentality I mean an > > attitude that what we, the TMO, want or desire > should > > not be delayed or prevented by any government > > regulation, business ethic, etc.. For > example,years > > ago when I was on TSR a friend of mine was in the > MIU > > doctoral program in neuroscience. He was furious > > because MIU had faked a class to meet the criteria > of > > a visiting accreditation team. The administration > and > > the faculty apparently had no problem with this at > > all. > > I certainly saw lots of examples of this at > National. > The only thing that counted was the *appearance* > of things, not the reality. I saw TM leaders lying > under oath in court precedings, and obviously not > feeling that there was anything wrong with this. > One example, during the NJ "is TM a religion" case, > was when the prosecution issued a subpoena (sp?) > for a certain audio tape that contained a clear > refer- > ence by Maharishi to TM being a religious practice. > The Regional Offices were instructed to destroy > their > copies of this tape and we had to call all TM > centers > and tell them to destroy *their* copy while we > waited > on the phone for them to do it and confirm it to us. > And > then the representatives from National responded to > the subpoena by swearing under oath that no such > tape never existed. > > What this school thing looks like to me is that > there are > in fact, a few such schools, or at least there were > long > enough to take a few photos and plant a few articles > in > the press to make it look as if there were more. My > bet > is that this is a business fronted by Maharishi's > relatives > that, following the TMO model, managed to qualify > for > massive tax breaks or tax-exempt status by claiming > it > was a non-profit educational organization. Then at > a > certain point (I would guess from the copyright > dates > 2003), someone from the guvmint asked them to > actually > prove that they *were* a non-profit educational > organ- > ization, and they threw together this website as > "proof." > > A few posed photos from the few real schools that > were > acually created, someone entering fake data into an > Access > database to make it look as if there were more such > schools, > and voila, the front organization gets to remain a > front organ- > ization, and gets to continue making its real money > by buying > and selling real estate, tax-free. > > And no one feels bad about it because it's just > low-vibe non- > meditators who are being taken in. "The horror, the horror." -Colonel Walter E. Kurtz in "Apocalypse Now". > > > > > > > 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/
