--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thank you for answering. > > No, thank you for wearing the leather bondage outfit > and jumping through hoops *so* she would answer. :-)
Ooh, whip me with that extension cord... > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > > Here's the post you were responding to (which is > > > > > referring to a satirical TMO press release Barry > > > > > crafted, which you said you had taken seriously > > > > > until halfway through it): > > > > > > > > > > -------------- > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Peter > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > We say this over and over again on this newsgroup, but > > > > > > it speaks volumns about the present state of the TMO > > > > > > when outrageous satire of the TMO is initially > > > > > > perceived as "rational" movement discourse! > > > > > > > > > > Does it speak volumes about the present state of > > > > > the TMO, or about how people on this forum tend to > > > > > perceive the TMO? > > > > > > > > > > I knew this was satire after reading the title. > > > > > > > > The question I posted for you to answer were relevant to your > > above > > > > comments, Judy, because Tantra's satire was very, very close to > > the > > > > reality that the TMO had become. > > > > > > > > But you seem to NOT feel that way because you were, unlike me, > > able > > > > to recognize it as satire as soon as you read the title. > > > > > > > > So I countered by asking you the question that I did because I > > > > wanted to see if you would have started TM when you did had the > > > > absurd reality of present-day TMO been prevalent then... > > > > > > Now, that wasn't so hard, was it? > > > > > > The answer is, of course, almost certainly not. I > > > can think of only one circumstance under which I > > > might have: If I had had a good friend who had been > > > practicing TM and was familiar with the organization, > > > who had explained to me that I could ignore all the > > > crazy stuff and just learn and practice the technique. > > > > > > As it was, I didn't know anybody who practiced TM > > > when I started, so all I knew about it was its > > > public face. If it had been charging the same prices > > > then as it does now (even adjusted for inflation), > > > that would probably have discouraged me as well. (I > > > paid $125 to learn in 1975.) > > > > > > But Shemp, you knew this is how I would answer when > > > you asked the question, which is one reason I didn't > > > bother to answer. As I said earlier, it was a > > > rhetorical question, not a request for information. > > > > > > Not only that, your rhetorical question didn't make > > > the point you explain above that you intended--and > > > you even supply the reason why it didn't: You note > > > that Barry's satire wasn't close enough to the reality, > > > as far as I was concerned, to make me uncertain as > > > to whether it was serious. > > > > > > In fact, you prove *my* point, which was that the > > > inability to recognize Barry's piece as satire had > > > more to do with one's perception of the organization > > > than with the reality of the organization. As nutty > > > as the TMO now is, even so nutty that it would have > > > dissuaded me from starting TM, it's nowhere near *as* > > > nutty as Barry's piece suggested. One would have to > > > have a really unrealistic view of the TMO to be taken > > > in by it. I don't think even *Barry* expected that. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
