You are not very bright, are you, MJ? Did you ever have an education? Just wondering. You come across as a ranting lunatic with a serious reading comprehension problem.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@...> wrote: > > Idiot TM'ers or Let's Defend a Woman and her colleagues who defend wiring > their hands over rapists having to face the consequences of their actions. > > You are saying I am a bigot because I think someone who has been touted as a > great success story and example of what TM can do in a person's life showing > on a live show that is aired all over the world more, much more concern for 2 > sexual abusers than for their victim? > > Share, Feste, Ravi, Judy, and 7th Ray - you are thankfully vastly in the > minority - of the tens of thousands of comments, blogs and articles about this > situation, the vast majority are taking Harlow and Crowley to task for their > stupid, insensitive and unprofessional behavior - thank you God that there > are more people NOT doing TM in the world than those doing TM if you are > going to actually condone these women's stupidity. > > It is NEVER ok for anyone to sexually abuse or misuse a woman, period and it > is equally not ok for people to show sympathy for > the abusers over the victims. > > So to those of you who have done so, I hope it never happens to you or your > daughters if you have any, if it did I expect you will be singing a different > tune. > > I have good female friends who are survivors of sexual abuse and your kinds > of bullshit attitudes are the ones that make life much more difficult for > these survivors - in my opinion these women survivors have more beauty, > grace, integrity, courage, sattvic energy and common sense than all of you > have collectively in your entire body/mind/emotions in this and all other > lifetimes put together. > > I won't tell you to go to hell because you are already there. More than > 200,000 people have signed the petition demanding an apology from CNN for > these two women's bullshit reporting and hand wringing on behalf of the sex > abusers - but you five know better than they do - its a shame you all aren't > rajas - with your kind of thinking, you would really serve > the TM propaganda machine very well. > > And ps, if you watched the tapes of the beginning of the trial those two > little bastards were yucking it up till it became obvious they were going to > be found guilty - your sympathy is wasted on them - they are only sorry they > are being held accountable. I guess next you will say you have sympathy for > the girls arrested for threatening to kill the rape victim. TM has reallllly > made you into fine example of human beings. > > Last post of the week. And since it is, I will tell Buck don't worry about > King Tony being at risk trying to straighten things out in India, all he has > to do is think the way this lot is thinking, pat Girish on the back and ask > for a cut of the money. He will do fine. > > > > > ________________________________ > From: feste37 <feste37@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 8:37 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM and its Rock Stars > > >  > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > > > Every exchange like this just reinforces my belief that long > > > term TM makes ones brain turn into mush and removes the > > > ability to think clearly. > > > > Right, Michael, you're obviously the clear-thinking one here. > > Too bad you haven't been able to address a single one of the > > points that have been made. Too bad you can only make your > > case by wildly exaggerating what was said in that clip. > > > > > How many times do you hear reporters give a show of hand > > > wringing over the fate of convicted rapists? > > > > Is that what they were doing? Or were they deliberately > > emphasizing how bad the consequences were going to be > > for these boys *as a warning* to other boys who might > > be tempted to engage in similar misbehavior? As in: This > > was a crime, and these guys are going to suffer for it > > the rest of their lives. You don't want to end up like > > them. > > > > > A reporters job > > > is to report the facts, not commiserate with the criminals > > > > Neither of them was "commiserating with the criminals." > > That's insane. > > > > (snip) > > > Your attitude seems to be - "Oh Candy is a TM'er and so > > > anything she does is beyond reproach" - you people > > > really are screwed up. > > > > No, buster, that you would think any of us had that > > attitude is what's really screwed up. > > > > > Take a look at what the non-TM world thinks of this crap: > > > > > > "CNN's unconscionable coverage of the Steubenville Rape > > > Case verdict is pissing everyone off. > > > > For the record, there were seven segments on CNN on Sunday > > about the verdict, not just the breaking-news item, which > > is what all the fuss is about. You can check out transcripts > > of all the segments here: > > > > http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/2013.03.17.html > > > > Interestingly, in the breaking-news item, following the > > appearance of the legal expert, Crowley and Harlow > > continued their discussion. Here's the transcript of > > that portion of the breaking-news item (which was not > > included in the clip): > > > > ----- > > CROWLEY: Paul, thanks. I want to bring Poppy back in -- because, Poppy, > > there's -- you know, the 16-year-old victim, her life, never the same, > > again. And I understand you have been talking to some of the families > > involved. > > > > HARLOW: Her life never the same again. Absolutely, Candy. The last thing > > she wanted to do was sit on that stand and testify. She didn't want to > > bring these charges. She said it was up to her parents. > > > > But I want to tell our viewers about a statement that her mother just made, > > just made in the court after the sentencing. Her mother just said that she > > has pity on the two young boys that did this. She said human compassion is > > not taught by teachers or coaches. It's a God-given gift, saying that you > > displayed a lack of compassion, a lack of moral code, saying that you were > > your own accuser throughout this for posting about this all over social > > media. And she said she takes pity on them. > > > > As far as her daughter, she said she will persevere, she will get through > > this. But the words of an angry mother who now has a sentence, that I > > believe she would consider or a verdict, just -- Candy. > > > > CROWLEY: CNN's Poppy Harlow, thank you. Also to our legal contributor Paul > > Callan. > > > > Of course, we will be following this story throughout the day. > > ----- > > > > And they did. But the jezebel.com post says: > > > > > Newscaster Candy Crowley, general correspondent Poppy > > > Harlow, and legal expert Paul Callan all did their very > > > best to focus solely on the guilty verdict's repercussions > > > on the two rapists. There's next to no coverage of the > > > girl who was brutally raped; instead, they talk almost > > > exclusively of the rapistsââ¬" the two teenagers who had > > > such bright futures, and now their lives are completely > > > ruined from this one little indiscretion. Isn't it a shame > > > how they suffer?" > > > > This is simply not true, as you can see from the transcript > > above. I read the transcripts of a couple of the later > > segments on Sunday on the verdict, and it isn't true of them > > either. > > > > As I said, I'm not a fan of Crowley. But she has been treated > > unfairly in this discussion for the purpose of advancing an > > anti-TM agenda. And I think that stinks. > > > > Unfortunately, in his zeal to denounce TM, MJ has become a bigot. He attacks > Crowley simply because she is a TMer. Is that any better than attacking > someone for being a Catholic, or Mormon, or a Jew? Let's suppose that someone > is angry at the Catholic Church ("Those priests are all child molesters!") > and then finds a news presenter who happens to be Catholic and attacks them > for something innocuous they said, when his real purpose is to display > anti-Catholic bigotry. Poor MJ seems to be in a state of permanent rage and > righteous indignation, and bigotry is the result. I wish he would go fishing > or something to calm down. >
