Clint is also a Republican, respects private property, doubt that he would agree with what you think he would.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > The following photo and quote were tweeted by bad movie critic Richard > Roeper the other day, synthesized from an interview in GQ with the > speaker. I hope this shoves a big, Dirty Harry-sized corncob up the ass > of homophobes everywhere: > > > [http://i.huffpost.com/gen/401232/thumbs/s-CLINT-EASTWOOD-GAY-MARRIAGE-l\ > arge300.jpg] > "I'm Clint Fucking Eastwood, and this is what I > have to say about gay marriage. BRAVO." > > The actual money quote was: "These people who are making a big deal out > of gay marriage? I don't give a fuck about who wants to get married to > anybody else! Why not?! We're making a big deal out of things we > shouldn't be making a deal out of. They go on and on with all this > bullshit about 'sanctity' -- don't give me that sanctity crap! Just > give everybody the chance to have the life they want." > > Try to imagine what Clint would say if he found out that a bunch of fat > men wearing dresses and gold crowns were declaring his fellow meditators > equally unsanctified and unwelcome in the domes, for the sin of visiting > spiritual teachers other than Maharishi. Who, incidentally, is DEAD, and > thus not giving the best spiritual advice lately. > > Based on only meeting him once, and very briefly, I can easily see Clint > walking up to the dome door guard, being asked for his "dome pass," > pulling back his suit coat to reveal the 44 Magnum tucked into his belt, > and saying, "Go ahead...make my day," as he walks past the blissnazi and > goes inside. And if he did -- or if *anyone* did the same thing and made > it public, all of this "banning" horseshit would be over forever. It > would be like Rick's story of Bevan getting whupped to the ground by an > angry husband and being too much of a pussy to ever do anything about > it. > > The thing that enables spiritual nazis to keep getting away with being > spiritual nazis is allowing them to keep their actions hidden. Bitching > about it on an Internet forum read by at most 50 people don't do shit. > If you don't like the policy, challenge it, and bring a couple of > reporters and a film crew with you. Anything else is silent agreement > with the nazis' right to do what they're doing. > > My best "Clint moment" in the TMO was on an ATR course in Switzerland. > For some reason, I was given a nice room on the fourth floor -- sunny, > spacious, and with a private bath. After a few days there, the course > got a new German course leader. I guess he didn't like the room that had > been assigned to him, so he decided to take mine. I came back from lunch > one day to find that he had entered my room, packed up all my stuff and > put it into my suitcase, and placed it outside the door, along with a > note that said, "I am the new course leader. I am taking this room. You > have been moved to another room on the first floor." A key to the new > room was lying on top of the note. > > But I still had the key to my original room. So, after knocking and > finding it empty, I quietly opened the door and moved back in. I > gathered up all of the course leader's things, not bothering to pack > them, walked over to the window, and threw them out. I remember his puja > set making a really pleasing clanking sound as it hit the pavement > below. Then I moved back into my room, and did my afternoon's program, > not mentioning the incident to anyone else. Interestingly, NO ONE ever > mentioned it to me, either. The German nazi avoided me and all contact > with me for the rest of the course, as did anyone else with any official > capacity with the TMO. > > "Buck," and others...stop bitching about the "dome policies" and just > challenge them. Walk right past the blissnazis at the door, plop your > ass down on the foam, and do your thing. See what happens. My bet is > that if enough people did this, you wouldn't have to bitch on FFL any > more. What, after all, are they going to DO to you? Call the cops, and > then explain to them that they're keeping you out of the domes because > you "saw another teacher?" Get real. >
