> The course started in June, actually. I was on CCP from April 26 to June 26, spring and but a few days of summer. I was planning to stay all summer, but went back to Boston with the idea to either go to DC or come back to ff later on when the crowds were back. My first time in ff in four years and half the people were leaving. > And I never > heard a thing about pundits at the Manhattan center.
You hear a lot when you're on CCP in ff, no doubt about that. It was before the days of FFL, too! > That's true, but he also had a pretty good > statistical > rationale as to why the increased homicides didn't > invalidate the hypothesis. I suppose it's possible he's even right about this, to some extent. But hasn't the TMO long claimed it could stop things such as today's suicide bombings, when the bombers are just as irrational? --- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], gullible fool > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Then it was the following year that the pundits > were > > > bought and paid for but didn't come. > > > > You were right, originally, LB. There was plenty > of > > talk of pundits coming. I was doing on-campus CCP > at > > MUM that spring and saw plenty of fellow CCPers > and > > MUM friends leave for the DC course. > > The course started in June, actually. > > The pundits were > > used as another carrot to motivate them all to go, > in > > typical movement style. > > For the record, there was nothing in the study > protocols that were announced in advance, or any > of the literature or PR the movement put out on > the study, about pundits attending. And I never > heard a thing about pundits at the Manhattan center. > > > I remember hearing from someone on my course how > John > > Farley had just called from DC and said there were > > only 800 there, even while the movement was > claiming > > 2000. > > People continued to arrive throughout the course. > They got the numbers they wanted when it was about > halfway through. > > Actually they used the rising attendance over the > course period to strengthen the statistical > analysis. > > The pundits were referred to as the "vanishing > > pundits" and it was quickly becoming a joke even > back > > then. > > > > You were asking about the homicides and the > swimming > > pool. The homicide rate did go up during the > course. > > Hagelin's excuse was that the kind of people who > > commit crimes like that are too angered and > irrational > > to be influenced by extra coherence. > > That's true, but he also had a pretty good > statistical > rationale as to why the increased homicides didn't > invalidate the hypothesis. > > > > > > > ------------------------ 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ 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/
