--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" <steve.sundur@> wrote: > > > > Dan, > > > > You realize that this is slanderous and cowardly. And although > > it does not affect me, I would say that it is grounds for > > suspension from the group. That would be my recommendation. > > You are, what's called in the trade, a coward, Dan. A coward > > is someone who resorts to innuendo when they have nothing > > to back up their accusations. > > 7ray, I'd say that Dan just "drops right in" > lately to the general level of obsession and > insanity that Fairfield Life has devolved to. > > Fascinating that my done-for-fun satire yesterday > about me and Vaj and Curtis being designated as > Schedule I drugs because people become so obsessed > with us that they literally become addicted to the > obsession was proven so incredibly Right On, eh? > > As for "grounds for suspension," quite frankly I > think that you're dreaming. Rick is clearly asleep > at the wheel, and either doesn't care that the > forum he created has become a refuge for crazy > people, or he really doesn't get it. > > From my point of view, he has now allowed at least > three certifiably mentally ill people to post here, > people who are in desperate need of either therapy or > commitment to a mental institution. Rick doesn't > seem to even notice. Maybe that has something to > do with the people he interviews as "everyday > enlightened role models." He's lost touch with > reality, as perceived by most of the world. > > He also doesn't seem to notice that over the years > the "quirkiness quotient" surrounding TM and the > TMO has grown so huge that these mentally ill people > are not being recognized as the mentally ill people > they are. Instead, people who on any other forum > would instantly recognize them for what they are > and either compassionately ignore them or actively > encourage them to get help instead *encourage their > craziness*. > > They *go out of their way* to get these already > mentally ill people to become more so. > > And in the process become a little less sane > themselves, with every post. > > Do you remember how many people reacted when Ravi > *first* showed up here? Exactly as I suggest above. > They were CONCERNED about him, afraid that he was > having a breakdown, afraid that he'd do harm either > to himself or his wife, and urging him to get some > kind of professional help. > > Now they treat him as if he's NORMAL, and *encourage* > him to act out even more. They do the same thing > with Robin, and more recently with Dan Friedman. > > Obsessing on another person to the point that > people do it on this forum is *not* normal. The > only even remotely benevolent way I can see the > phenomenon is that the people engaged in it -- > over a dozen of them, now -- just Don't Have > Lives, and this behavior has taken the place of > what other, more sane people do for fun and > entertainment. > > But it really is past the point of funny or enter- > taining now. You've got people here who think it > is NORMAL for someone to threaten another person > with physical harm because they embarrassed them > in front of their wife a year and a half ago. > > I honestly think that a lot of it really *IS* > attributable to the Cult Experience. Those who > have come to believe that their behavior on FFL > is NORMAL are comparing it to levels of craziness > they've seen around them in other TMers for > decades now, and come to take for granted. They > don't see anything the least bit wrong with > becoming this obsessive, or acting out one's > obsessions in this way. > > Thanks for occasionally being one of the relatively > sane voices here, Steve. You're definitely in the > minority these days, and that's a compliment.
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