From: "[email protected] [FairfieldLife]"
<[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2015 7:28 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Confusion
Imagine my surprise...
And mine, to log on this morn after a day away and find you here -- what a
pleasant surprise. I was off at (of all things) a large Techno/Rave festival
near Leiden yesterday. It was an all-day event with lots of name DJs, and even
though the crowd was *much* younger than me I enjoyed it. I would characterize
the overall vibe as being like the original Monterey Pop Festival -- a bunch of
kids having a peaceful and only mildly drug influenced (primarily MDMA) day and
dancing to some nice music and hurting no one. Here's me, sitting in one of the
fun props and set pieces the promoters created for people to play in:
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?
I don't think we know yet.
I should point out, however, that you are assuming that there IS a person
behind the schtick, and I don't think we know that for sure yet, either.
And whose personal sensibilities are we to avoid (what Rauncy used to refer to
as) the pearl 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...
And so few answers. Personally, I still have a few questions about the "What
are you allowed/required to call people" thang. On the one hand, I sorta get
Doug's suggestion that it's OK to use someone's personal name if it 1) appears
in their posting ID or 2) they've had no problems with people using their real
name on this forum before.
On the other hand, that sorta glosses over some of the more complex scenarios
that we have to deal with on FFL. For example, if a long-term member has used
10 to 15 different posting IDs over the years, and only one of them was his
real name, is it OK to refer to him on FFL by his real name? If not, and we
must use the posting ID instead, *which* posting ID -- the latest one? If this
person uses a different posting ID on The_Leak than they do here, which do we
choose?
See what I mean? Oh, the quandaries! Finally, if I were to give up on trying to
figure out what the proper FFL-PC way to refer to someone is and instead go the
figurative route and call them the Rachel Dolezal of enlightenment ("I'm
enlightened because I say I am"), is that an affront or being clever? I guess
the only way to find the answers to these heavy questions is to wait and see
how things work out...
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.
Sad but true. I had a taste of this myself, when someone not only started
posting libel about me using my real name but then started encouraging people
on FFL to write to police and local officials in my town to *report me* for the
libelous charges, I knew that NONE of the people now making all this noise
about "moderation" and treating other people nicely would so anything to stop
it, so I went to someone who would -- the police.
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.
An, the F'n crybabies... Weren't they a Doo-Wop group back in the 90s?...
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