--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> > wrote: > > > > On Mar 16, 2006, at 10:11 PM, bbrigante wrote: > > > > > didn't see the tape with NYT reporter, but last week I watched > MOU > > > live (I don't know the date of the press conference) with a > reporter > > > in the MOU studio from a British rag > > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/news/thenews.html , David > > > Jones, who asked really dumb questions about the Beatles. > > > > > > > One question about the Beatles, Bob, and it wasn't dumb: > > > > > > David JONES: I . I hesitate to mention the Beatles word. I know > > you > > don't > > particularly like going back all those years, but British - > English > > people > > of course associate you with, with that, with the Beatles, and > with > > that > > period and they haven't themselves, they haven't enjoyed, like > er, > > they > > haven't enjoyed always a a particularly good fate since, since > > their, > > since > > their encounter with Transcendental, Transcendental Meditation > it's > > fair to > > say. I mean two of them of course are no longer with us. Can > you > > explain > > perhaps why, why they didn't gain these benefits that we're > talking > > about, > > that I would gain as a writer and as a reporter? > > > > > ********** > > And the second question, Sunshine: > > David JONES: One more question then on that subject, about, and it > is > about > the Beatles. Do you regret, do you regret now having ever become > involved > with them, because then your movement became associated with > celebrity, > with > you know, you know popular music and so on. Do you regret that > period? > > MAHARISHI: FORGET ABOUT IT.
This was definitely a "gotcha" question. He'd set it up very carefully with his previous question about celebrity. I don't think there was anything wrong with him trying to put MMY on the spot--that's what reporters do--but MMY wasn't having any, and that's OK too. ------------------------ 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/