On 11/29/2014 10:14 AM, [email protected] [FairfieldLife] wrote:
---In [email protected], <noozguru@...> wrote :
It was Judy who brought that phrase about being open minded,
attributed to her dad, after I accused her of being close minded on a
topic.
C: I didn't get if from Judy or her dad. We all got it from someplace
else, it is a common saying. The skeptics use it a lot which is most
likely my source. James Randi used it a lot.
Judy said her dad used to say it and yeah probably a lot of people used
it. But I run into people who just mentally close up before you can get
your full argument out.
N: What is happening to FFL is we are getting old and cranky. Some of
us are approaching our 70s and some are already there. And we have
some that are a generation younger (apparently Salyavin and MJ).
It is kinda unusual to watch a group fly this out of control. Usually
moderators will keep things civil but then there's nothing like a
"free for all" either. Some of us like to keep our anonymity because
we don't want (having been TM teachers) unwarranted reprisals from the
TMO. Even Judy recommended it.
But anyway the places also has to keep up it's appearances as a "loony
bin" which doesn't seem to hard to do. :-D
C: I think it has worked pretty well as an unmoderated discussion
group with a few exceptions. I can only think of a few times when it
seemed to go over what I consider a reasonable line. I don't mind if
someone calls me names here about being stupid or unevolved because of
my perspective. I consider all of that a version of "poopy pants" and
believe it weakens their argument against my points. It says " this is
all I got." So if a moderator jumped in on that kind of personal
attack it would take away what i consider to be evidence of my points
not being refuted by reason. That works for me.
I was always opposed to posting limits and only wrote the counter
software since people were having a hard time keeping track of posts.
Most moderators would have given time outs to people "graffitizing" the
group. People will do that still on some of the newsgroups but the
Thunderbird newsreader probably the option to just "ignore thread" and
you never see the rest of their posts again (they're usually the only
ones replying to it anyway).
On 11/29/2014 09:33 AM, curtisdeltablues@...
<mailto:curtisdeltablues@...> [FairfieldLife] wrote:
I am just trying to keep from being so "open minded" that my
brains fall out!
Glad it made you laugh.
---In [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>, <sharelong60@...>
<mailto:sharelong60@...> wrote :
Curtis, I'm still LOLing as I reply. What got me laughing was
your comment about what is overrated at this stage of life. Being
vague so others can enjoy it for themselves...
Have fun tomorrow and I look forward to your report.
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*From:* "curtisdeltablues@... [FairfieldLife]"
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<[email protected]>
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*To:* [email protected]
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*Sent:* Saturday, November 29, 2014 10:47 AM
*Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Apologies...
I've watched this will some alarm because last time I was posting
here I had to try to back down Jim and Nabby from creating
fantasy ill-will scenarios about my personal life in response to
me posting my opinions about Maharishi's teaching. It was an
escalation of their MO since I began posting here. I am happy to
see it resolved with Jim creating his own page while hilariously
claiming that it was because OTHER people were not being civil
here! I do not believe it will last any more than his
participation on then other "enlightened" forum, but hope to be
proven wrong.
I think you were right to go the legal route because they were
crossing a weird and disturbing line Barry. There is no parity
between how you post here and what those guys were up to.
FFL has gone through many different incarnations as strongly
influential posters come and go. I viewed the end of the Judy era
as a positive thing, but was disturbed to see how others
escalated to fill the gap. Judy ran her routine in a much more
interesting way IMO, so despite strongly dissagreing with her
most of the time, I was entertained and prompted to write more
many times because of her participation. That degraded in the era
of the clique she led that involved the Share bashing era in the
girl's locker room. Shit got weird and unpleasant, but worst of
all boring.
I don't know where FFL is headed now but I am an optimist. I
intend to report on my experiences tomorrow at the "event" in
Alexandria. Last I checked almost 800 people had reserved a seat.
I had some contact with people from the old days who were kind
enough to share their perspective. Although I remain a skeptic
and am not really going with anything close to an "open" mind
(overrated at this stage of my life I believe) I will go for the
many layers of entertainment. One of the greatest aspects of the
entertainment will be posting here about it. FFL has been a great
resource for my thinking and writing. It has been so useful that
I have put up with some people with unfriendly agendas against me
here. It was the ticket for admission.
Sorry to see things spiral out so far here but I am encouraged to
see the changes.
