It's getting quite near time for people to rally the virtue of their civic pride or face an arrest. -Buck in the Dome
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > Yep, definitely replying to this post thusly: > > I'm sorry > Please forgive me > Thank you > > I love you > > > > ________________________________ > From: turquoiseb <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 11:08 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: We don't want to be the effect! > > > Â > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > Look here, the Dome numbers are paltry compared to the > > potential of what we have here. As a conservative > > meditator I'd certainly be in favor of sweeping through > > the coffee shops of Fairfield at Dome meditation time > > arresting meditators who could be in the dome. Take 'em > > off the street and deliver them to the Domes. You know, > > send buses around collecting these wayward meditators > > just like some of the Christian churches do. And then also > > convicting these Dome over-seers for dereliction in service > > from the top down in letting things get so bad with the > > meditating community that the community Dome meditation > > numbers are so bad. > > > > -Buck in the Dome > > I never thought I'd find myself agreeing with Buck, > but hear, hear! > > The only problem with his suggestion is that it's far > too lenient, and it does not achieve the goals set > forth in the manual for how to run a viable spiritual > organization such as Buck proposes, written in 1578 [1]. > > The problem with Buck's solution is that it is 1) far > too lenient, 2) it lacks a suitable "public spectacle" > component, and 3) it fails to achieve the ultimate goal > of such measures, which is to inspire terror. > > Just rounding up the recalcitrant meditators and shipping > them to the dome is pussy politics. It affects only those > caught. This misses the entire *point* of measures such > as those Buck proposes. An *example* has to be made of > these sinners and backsliders. I propose that instead of > rounding them up and taking them to the dome, they should > *first* be taken to a public square and flogged with a > cat-o-nine-tails until sufficient blood has been drawn > from the wounds to make an impression on onlookers (who > will be *forced* to watch before filing into the domes > themselves, of course). Naturally, the flogging should > confine itself to the areas of the upper and lower back, > and not injure the buttocks themselves, because they > will need to be used when the sinners realize their > folly and start to bounce around the Dome as they should. > > Even harsher measures should be used with the Dome over- > seers, employing the same methods as defined in the manual > cited in the footnote below. Because these sinners are > not merely sheep gone astray but *shepherds* gone astray, > their punishment should be more severe. My advice is to > utilize the punishment ordained for priests who caused > the souls in their care to lose faith or fail to attend > mass -- burn them at the stake. This will provide the > proper example to further inspire those witnessing the > Holy Barbeque to remain diligent in their Yogic Flying > efforts from then on. And, to be honest, no one is going > to miss a few Dome Administrators anyway; they proliferate > like rats, and new ones will take their places within hours. > > Don't let Buck's pussified suggestions deter you from > Doing What Must Be Done to set Fairfield back on its > true and holy path. Seek your answer in the organizations > of the past that have dealt with such matters before, and > have dealt with them effectively. > > [1] From the Directorium Inquisitorum, edition of 1578, > Book 3, pg. 137, defining the purpose of penalties: > > Quoniam punitio non refertur primo & per se in correctionem > & bonum eius qui punitur, sed in bonum publicum ut alij > terreantur, & a malis committendis avocentur. > > Translation from the Latin: > For punishment does not take place primarily and per se for > the correction and good of the person punished, but for the > public good in order that others may become terrified and > weaned away from the evils they would commit. >
