--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> 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.
Indeed. I think the Dome police should have a distinctive uniform, with swastika armbands. One could also brand the more intransigent on the forehead with the same symbol, or perhaps placing them in temporary quarters with the pleasant fumes of special aromatherapy gases.
