--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <fairfieldlife@> > > wrote: > > > > > > on 2/24/06 3:50 AM, hugheshugo at richardhughes103@ wrote: > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> On Feb 23, 2006, at 5:27 AM, hugheshugo wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> That might have been when I first started questioning the way > > things > > > >>> are run, the next was Maharishi's press conference with > Slobodan > > > >>> Milosovic (the butcher of Belgrade) about what a wronged man > he > > is. > > > >>> But thats another story! > > > >> > > > >> Are you implying that M. supported Milosovic as a leader? > > > >> > > > > > > > > The conference was held in Belgrade with MMY on a big screen > > telling > > > > Milosovic he was a wronged man. Now, if my memory serves me > > correctly > > > > he also said that with our programmes he would stay in power. I > > only > > > > mention my memory because it was either Milosovic or another > tin- > > pot > > > > loony that MMY's support of astonished me. > > > > > > So here's a partial list of dictators that Maharishi has praised, > > presumably > > > in the hope that they would embrace his message and implement it > > throughout > > > their countries, without any messy democracy holding things up: > > > > > > Slobodan Milosovic > > > The Shah of Iran > > > Anastasio Somosa (Nicaragua) > > > "The invincibility of President Fidel Castro of Cuba" > > > "The freedom of President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe" > > > "The Divine Rulership of President Abdurrahman Wahid of Indonesia" > > > "The casting off of corrupt democracy by President Robert Guei of > > the Ivory > > > Coast" > > > > > > See http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=49377 > > > > > > > Did it ever work? OTOH, did sucking up to democratic leaders ever > > work either? > > Define "work." In the case of Milosovic and Ferdinand > Marcos and Somosa and the Shah of Iran, they didn't get > to stick around for very long after making nice with MMY. >
Some would say that "it worked" in that case since the country must have improved. OTOH, some would saythat even the opportunity for MMY to publicly suck up to a dictator indicates an extreme level of desparation on the dictator's part. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
