--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ...and this is where the negligence occurred...and we all know why > it occurred: the TMO and MUM did not want to inflate crime figures > for a TMing environment that would disprove the Maharishi Effect. > > Is there anyone that doubts this?
Moi. I don't think this thought entered *anyone's* head, either consciously or unconsciously. The problem is far more fundamental. No one took proper precautions to protect the students because no one thought anything bad could happen to them. They were all living in the "bad things can't happen to us because we're in tune with the Laws of Nature" fantasy. It's not that they're trying to "fudge statistics." It's that they can't believe that these things are really *happening*. They CAN'T be...this is Fairfield. Or Vlodrop. Or wherever. The real world impinging on their fantasy Just Doesn't Compute. Personally, I think that learning that the world doesn't quite work this way, to the tune of a 10-20 million-dollar loss in this lawsuit, would be good for them. It might help them remember the notion of personal responsibility, not to mention reality. Just *think* how many similar tragedies within the TM movement will get to come out in this lawsuit. Ya got the suicides on TM courses, ya got the guy burning himself to death after having been locked away in a basement room. Ya got other suicides or attempted suicides in Fairfield. Lotsa stuff over the decades, all ignored because it didn't "fit" in the fantasy. The Florida case may be about trademark issues, but this one is *about* lack of responsibility. Therefore other examples of such a lack can and will be introduced as evidence. ------------------------ 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/
