Don't ask me what I think of your capacity for critical thinking, Michael. I'll just point out one thing, because it's symptomatic: You have a quite remarkable inability to discern where the folks you talk to here are coming from.
I did a better job of debunking Oz's endorsement of TM in a post to Share last night than you've done below. Now read the last sentence of your post again and ponder how you could have gotten it so wrong. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@...> wrote: > > Maybe Ravi is right and I am retarded - that would explain why I have no idea > how to respond to what seems pretty obvious to me - just because Oz has dough > and climbed the fame ladder on Oprah's back does not make him an authority on > all things in the Universe and when his pronouncements are at odds with what > I have experienced with TM and its organization, I would be truly an idiot to > just throw up my hands and say "Oh Lawdy! Dr. Oz says its good so all my > experiences must be wrong! Lemme run go git checked right quick and beg Bevan > for forgiveness!" > > Oz is an entertainer more than anything else and if you think he will go up > against Oprah, the person who put him on the map then maybe you need lessons > in critical thinking. > > > > > ________________________________ > From: authfriend <authfriend@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 1:33 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch Is Back to Michael > > > Â > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula wrote: > > > > No dear MJ it doesn't - makes you look more retarded as > > each day passes. > > It's interesting that the folks who make the most noise > in promoting their ideas also seem to be the folks who > are the most afraid of engaging with challenges to those > ideas. > > > > > > > On Feb 25, 2013, at 10:18 AM, Michael Jackson wrote: > > > > > Why should I take his word because he has money and fame? That is a > > > bullshit premise from the get go. Does that make it any plainer? > > > > > > > > > From: Share Long > > > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > > > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 12:49 PM > > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch Is Back to Michael > > > > > > > > > What I notice is how you evade the real point. Which I'll elucidate by > > > saying that I don't consider The Donald as healthy. So again, if you are > > > able, how do you explain that someone like Dr. Oz, smart, successful and > > > healthy, practices and promotes TM? > > > I'm also noticing that none of the anti TM people can answer this one. > > > And so they are evading it. > > > > > > From: Michael Jackson > > > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > > > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 11:28 AM > > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch Is Back to Emily and Michael > > > > > > > > > I don't take the amount of money or fame someone has as an edict to do > > > what they recommend. If I did, I would have Donal Trump as my guru > > > > > > From: Share Long > > > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > > > Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 5:10 PM > > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch Is Back to Emily and Michael > > > > > > > > > Michael, I'm genuinely curious: how do you reconcile all that you > > > believe about TM with the fact that someone as smart and successful and > > > healthy as Dr. Oz practices TM and endorses it? I'm thinking that for > > > famous people like Lynch and Paul McCartney, Howard Stern and Seinfeld, > > > etc. they're just grateful to have found a technique that enables them to > > > not only survive but thrive in the very demanding entertainment field. >
