Uh oh!
Seem like Buck himself used to say that revealing someone's real name on FFL is
agin the rules!
Look like I might not be the first causality of Buck's ascendency to the
moderator's throne after all.
From: "authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2015 1:44 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Confusion
FWIW, "Buck" hasn't been around for quite some time now. The person
appointed to moderate FFL (i.e., to ensure posts do not violate the Yahoo
Guidelines) is Doug Hamilton.
That should answer at least some of your questions.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <curtisdeltablues@...> wrote :
Imagine my surprise...
So my question is, who exactly is the person Rick put in charge of "protecting
and enforcing the civility" here, the faux persona "Buck" or the actual person
behind the schtick?
And whose personal sensibilities are we to avoid (what Rauncy used to refer to
as) the peal clutching reaction to things people write here?
Am I supposed to write as if the strict movement fundamentalist "Buck" might be
offended as part of his act, or am I supposed to imagine what the real person
behind the put-on might think about what I write? And who is that guy anyway
since I have read so much more from the mask creature.
Can I perhaps use the same artifice to express feelings I have, for example
castigating any person who would suggest that perhaps this easily offended
person should just "grow a pair" and stop trying to control what other people
express here? Would I be protected if I said that I am vehemently opposed to
anyone who might suggest that perhaps this whole ruse was just an attempt by a
person who doesn't have the ability to generate meaningful content here to
exert power over people with creative ability?
Would a post heading of "Why I believe that Maharishi was wrong about
everything" be grounds for me being expelled for hurting the tender feelings of
people with weak intellectual boundaries? (Would the suggestion that some
posters here HAVE weak intellectual boundaries be enough to bring the Church
Lady down on my ass? Could referring to the persona "Buck" as the Church Lady
be seen as hurting tender feelings or would it just fit into his Movement
schtick and be exempt from his mighty power?
So many questions...
FFL was one of the most wonderful writing resources in my life. It encouraged
me to write enough to express all the changing perspectives I had on the
movement through a long period of time. And although to some, my views might be
seen as not going through an evolution, I can assure you they did. Not about
fundamentals like whether Maharishi's model of development of consciousness has
merit, but in how I relate to people who still maintain what I view as a
fantasy equivalent to the Christian concept of being saved, getting
"enlightened." There was even a period after Maharishi died where I
experimented with TM again to give it another consideration from my perspective
today, on its own without the belief hype. And although I concluded that as
enjoyable as the experience is, it does not serve a value for my life today, I
loved taking that trip down Mantra-Memory Lane.
FFL became unsafe for me to post on a while back when people decided that going
after my personal life would be the best way to stop me from voicing my
opinions here. It worked and they won. I accept that. But before I accept that
the whole place has jumped the shark with regard to freedom of expression for
everyone I want to say this:
I am completely against anyone who would flip the bird to this self-appointed
feeling-level policing of FFL. If anyone suggested that this is an example of a
fragile ego gone wild and allowed to fulfill his fantasy of being in charge of
what other people express, as well as being a complete pain in the ass to even
have to think of what this person's idiotically tiny perspective might be about
what I write...
I would report this person to the moderator right away to protect the tender
feelings of what (and again I oppose this view completely so try to keep up)
might be charitably referred to F'n crybabies whose beliefs are so
unsupportable and fanciful that they cannot accept any challenge.
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