I think it's worth drawing a parallel between the recent action of militant
hackers from (it is widely assumed) North Korea against the Sony corporation.
These hackers didn't like what they'd heard was going to be portrayed in an
upcoming movie. So they did whatever they felt was necessary to try to extort
Sony into withdrawing the film. This included searching for and posting widely
on the Internet personal information about Sony employees and executives.
Sony caved.
The film "The Interview" is being withdrawn from theatrical release, and the
hackers won.
Meanwhile, back on FFL, isn't this pretty much exactly what a number of people
tried to do here?
They didn't like some of the things being said, so they attempted to extort
Rick into kicking the people saying it off of the forum. They went so far as to
stalk the people they wanted to be kicked off and either posted personal
information about them on the Internet, and/or encouraged other people who
thought the way they did to perform illegal actions to get these "neganauts" in
trouble in the real world.
Rick *didn't* cave.
FFL is still on the air, healthier and less confrontational than ever in my
opinion, and the ones who felt it was their right to try to extort Rick into
doing what *they* wanted done are (with only one exception) gone.
Go figure. And hallelujah.
From: "[email protected] [FairfieldLife]"
<[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 3:45 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Some Fairfield, Iowa Age of Enlightenment News:
The catnip of the self righteous: the shaming of the sinners. Heaven isn't
too interesting without that is it "Buck?" And what is the currency of the
"righteous?"
Buck, from his dome:
"You seem rather to have anger issues. You evidentlyare no better here than
some ole Southern bushwhacker out terrorizingotherwise good people."
Good old fashioned ad hominem, personal attack. That is the ticket.
This place doesn't roll this way since the troublemakers left "Buck." We are
having discussions here that allow Michael to express his feelings about the
organization he was a part of, just like you. And people more secure in their
own opinions don't feel the need to attack him for having ideas they don't
share.
I thought Michael's points were well reasoned, most of them are just movement
points that they say themselves. In the end he gives his own opinion about it
all.
What about his freedom of expression riles you up so much? What is it about
people who have come to a different conclusion about the value of the TM group
that rivets your attention?
Is it really Michael's doubts that are causing you so much agitation?
---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote :
Son, you quite evidently are out of touch withwhat is Fairfield reality.
Clearly you have a warped understandingof the meditating community here and of
the modern TM movement now 30years later. "If, if, if.." you freely
hypothesize. You clearly areimpugning everything with your parade of
suppositions as axiomaticpostulates. You seem rather to have anger issues. You
evidentlyare no better here than some ole Southern bushwhacker out
terrorizingotherwise good people.
-Buck in Fairfield, Ia.
---In [email protected], <mjackson74@...> wrote :
I'm not saying that people in FF are bad or that good things are not created in
FF.
I am saying that if people donate money to the Movement because:
A - They believe Marshy was enlightened, therefore all that came from him has
some cosmic cachet to itB - They believe the Movement is going to create world
peace, heaven on earth, sat yuga or any permutation thereofC - They believe
that yagyas can influence the universe, people, politics, the weather and so
onD - They believe that the Movement solicits money for any reason other than
in truth to line their own pockets
Then they are living in a fantasy world.
From: "dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife]" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2014 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Some Fairfield, Iowa Age of Enlightenment News:
Nay, you misinterpreting jerk you are building astraw-man making a monolith out
of meditators to knock over. Youintentionally overlook what are perfectly fine
and good elements inthe community here to stalk and beat up. That in itself is
so wrongthat you are being horribly vile, vicious and unkind of a people.Reform
your puking neganautical unkind bullying self, -Buck inFairfield
---In [email protected], <mjackson74@...> wrote :
So you are saying that people in Fairfield know BY THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE that
TMSP practice creates world peace, that yagyas work for whatever their purpose
is, that the Movement is creating heaven on earth, and that Marshy was
enlightened???
Y'all are drinkin' some high powered Kool-Aid!!!
From: "dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife]" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2014 8:08 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Some Fairfield, Iowa Age of Enlightenment News:
No, yours is entirely wrong thinking about this. People are quite conscious
here,comfortable with what they know by experience and have long figuredit out
for themselves. Who are you to tell peoples they areerroneous in what they know
as their experience? You are nothingbetter than a communal terrorist here using
this place to throw bombs. -Buck in the Dome
---In [email protected], <mjackson74@...> wrote :
I understand the concept very well - people believe what they are told by the
Movement, based on the erroneous idea that Marshy was enlightened and therefore
could do no wrong and could never lie since he was merely the instrument of the
Universe - Cosmic Mind speaking and acting through Marshy, therefore whatever
he said was the Cosmic Self saying, teaching and doing.
Thus, people believe that all the hype the Movement now puts forward is true,
specifically the idea that the Movement is going to create world peace and
transform humanity. Thus they pony up the money whenever the Movement begs for
it and they feel quite self satisfied that they are helping the Movement create
heaven on earth when in reality they are merely making the people who exists
off the Movement more comfortable, because Marshy was a liar, TMSP doesn't do
anything except make people feel good (sometimes, when they aren't unstressing)
That's about the size of it. If people want to financially support the TMO
that's their business, but they are doing it only because they believe in
illusions.
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2014 12:10 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Some Fairfield, Iowa Age of Enlightenment News:
DearMJ, you are being so completely negative and unkind here. Different people
supportdifferent elements of the transcending meditation movement as theyare
interested and experience value there for themselves in it. You clearly are
spiritually out of touch with what is going on here and that is pitiable, -Buck
---In [email protected], <mjackson74@...> wrote :
he or she is an idiot - tell them I will take half of that so send me five
hundred thou, eh?
Didn't it occur to the donor to ask what the hell the Movement has been doing
with all its other money? How about the hundred thousand they collected for the
yagya for England to get no more storms? Did the pundits need that much rice
and camphor to do the yagya?
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 7:31 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Some Fairfield, Iowa Age of Enlightenment News:
Agenerous donor has pledged $ 1 million to support campus
renovationsnecessitated by a continued expansion of Maharishi University
ofManagement programs.
-Buck the Prophet of Peace on FFL, fightingunkindness and the terrorism of
Neganauts on FairfiedLife at Yahoo-groups on the internet
Fact is,
FFL was overwhelmed and overtaken by unkindness!!
---In [email protected], <j_alexander_stanley@...> wrote :
---In [email protected], <anartaxius@...> wrote :
Buck, you have failed to notice that FFL is already saved. The boat is afloat
and sailing smoothly.
You are flailing in the ocean pretending the ship has gone down.
The FFL Ship? Pretending it has gone down?
The good ship of Zion which was FFL has been seized by pirates and is on its
way to Davy Jones' Locker. It is not too late to save good pieces of it.
.. You have been thrown over numerous times without life preserver and
rejected, yet you stay clinging to wreckage preferring yet to remain onboard a
raft, out in a cold, soaking wet, lonely point because of some god-dammed pride
and adherence to intractable beliefs in goodwill, truth, fairness and justice,
and the Yahoo-groups Guidelines which no sane person would consider rational.
A religious man is trapped on his roof during a flood. A passing boat throws a
life preserver and he refuses it saying "I don't need a life preserver. God
will help me."
So the boat continues on its course. The emergency response team comes by and
sees him stuck there and throw him a line. He refuses saying again that he
doesn't need them, God will help him.
They move on to see if anyone else needs help. A helicopter then comes and
lowers him a ladder.
"I don't need your ladder. God will help me."
Finally, the man drowns. When he goes to heaven he says "God, why didn't you
help me?"
God says "I sent you two boats and a helicopter."
Rick; to save FFL I feel you shouldjust suspend the posting function to FFL for
a good while.
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