--- In [email protected], "Ravi Yogi" <raviyogi@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Ravi Yogi" raviyogi@ wrote: > > > > > Would you care to give a brief summary of why you think > > > it's credible? > > > > I read it, and I found it credible. It's hard to say why > > something like this book has the ring of authenticity; > > it's more a matter of whether it has any signs of > > *in*authenticity. And it didn't, as far as I could tell. > > > > Part of it is that it's so amateurishly written. > > Typically, folks who write sensational false exposes do > > so with a great deal of care because they know what > > they write is going to be closely scrutinized, and they > > want to make sure it's as convincing as they can > > possibly make it. I didn't get any sense of that sort of > > calculation from Judith's book, but rather of an > > unskilled, awkward, artless innocence. That's really, > > really hard to fake. > > > > Another aspect--probably even more significant--is that > > the tone isn't vindictive but instead sad and regretful, > > almost wistful. That isn't typical of a false expose > > either. She spends quite a bit of time expressing her > > great admiration for MMY; she doesn't try to make him > > into a villain or a fraud as some of the critics here do. > > > > So those are two specific points. The rest is mostly > > intuition: it just *sounds true*. > > > Sorry that just doesn't cut it.
Look, you asked me why *I* found it credible, remember? And I obliged. What I told you cuts it for *me*. If you'd asked me to tell you why the book should cut it for *you*, I wouldn't even have tried. It's ridiculous to argue about whether it's credible with someone who hasn't even read it. > > > If you are going to lose any commission on this book > > > by doing so please forgive me and feel free to ignore. > > > > Oh, give me a *break*, Ravi! You sound like Nabby at > > his absolute worst. Why do you even care about any of > > this anyway? > > > > I have a Nabby, a Judy, a Jim, a Rick, a Curtis, a Trickster Turqster, a > rest of the other posters in me, I always accept everything. And why do > I care? Why do I care? Goddammit !!! I have an equal right as the other > posters to indulge in insipid insinuating innuendos. > I have really a good credible witness that has pointed to the > involvement of Rick and Curtis here - let's call this credible witness > Credible Witness "R", I have yet another credible witness, referred for > simplicity as Credible Witness "A" that has backed up the claims of > Credible Witness "R". > There are also two other credible witnesses - for convenience sake here > referred to as Credible Witness "V" and Credible Witness "I" who have > graciously agreed to be on standby should the accounts of Credible > Witness "R" and Credible Witness "A" be ever doubted. > I, personally have no doubt about the veracity of the statements of all > these credible witnesses. YMMV. >
