It's puzzling, isn't it? One would have thought that Turquoise B would long ago have migrated to another forum that was more of a match for his own intellectual and emotional maturity.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@...> wrote: > > I continue to ask you Turqb - why are you here? Â If I felt like you, there > is no way I would waste my time religiously posting to such a place day after > day after day after day as you do. Â Care to balance this out with what you > feel are the positive qualities of FFL that draw you to participate? Â After > all the years you've been here, seems like your "curiosity" about how the "TM > community" is faring would have waned. Â It seems like you would reserve your > opinions, articles, funnies, pics, and ramblings for an audience that you > respected. Â Â > > > ________________________________ > From: turquoiseb <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 6:21 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: For Buck...mending my ways and posting only > photos of sattvic TMers > > > Â > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" <anartaxius@> > wrote: > > > > This forum was created for supposedly mature adults, and > > if children are prohibited, but are on the forum, what > > shall we say about their parents? Is there anyone here > > under the age of 18? > > Alternatively, is there anyone here who has achieved > an emotional or intellectual age *higher* than 18? :-) > > I've been kinda dismayed recently to realize that this > forum seems to consist of people who believe things > that most people on the planet would consider either > retarded, or insane, or both. For example: > > * There are people here who still believe that using > muscle power to bounce around on their butts on slabs > of foam has the magical ability to end crime and strife > and bring about world peace. > > * There are people here who, when someone tells them > that they've been contacted in real time by aliens from > the Pleiades, a star cluster so far away that it takes > *light* 500 years to travel from there to here, believe > every word that these supposed aliens supposedly said, > and base important life decisions on their advice. > > * There are people here whose everyday behavior and > ability to hold grudges and act out on them would make > junior high school kids ashamed to be seen with them. > > * There are people who believe that hiring brown-skinned > boys from India to chant to non-existent gods and goddesses > for them is the way to achieve all their goals and desires > in life. > > * There are people who believe that posting a tasteful > photograph of a fully-clothed woman is pornography. > > My feeling is that this forum would *benefit* from having > a few kids on it. Add four or five down-to-earth, feet-on- > the-ground modern 15-year-olds to this forum, and both > the emotional and intelligence quotient of the group would > rise by 10 or more points. >
