--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" > > <jpgillam@> wrote: > > > > > > I seem to recall, after the whole affair blew over, Bevan > > > said something to the effect that that these people were > > > trying to undermine our accreditation efforts and sabotage > > > the image of the school before the wider world. > > > > > > You have to understand, we were *all about* proselytizing, > > > hence the coats and ties. Anything that distracted from > > > that clean-cut, mainstream image was strictly off the > > > program. So this gay rights plea on the day the school > > > was to be inspected by the outside academic world seemed > > > like an averted catastrophe. (The posters were taken down > > > right away, of course.) > > > > Forget the gay thing...what you have just described > > is the entire history of the TM movement from Day > > One -- pretense and hiding its normality in the > > closet, followed by panic, paranoia and persecuation > > when the closet door is thrown open and all-too- > > normal interiors of the closet are revealed. > > > > It doesn't matter whether the pretense was about TM > > having so negative side effects, or about TM marriages > > never failing, or about no one in TM communities ever > > committing suicide or seeing shrinks, or about every- > > body being straight. > > > > Whatever the specifics were, the bottom line was always > > the same -- pretense. Pretending that the actuality of > > the life of a TMer conformed to Maharishi's claims of > > what the life of a TMer should be. And woe be unto him > > who pulls back the curtain on that pretense and reveals > > it for what it is. > > > > Yeah, but on the day the accreditation team is supposed to arrive? > That's deliberate sabatoge, pure and simple. It's not like MUM was > alone in being homophobic during that time.
(sorry if this post comes up 2x) But students putting up posters on campus for innumerable causes is part of college life and is not considered a negative by an accreditation team. In fact, college kids all walking around in suits and ties and old dresses all talking the same "everything is bliss here" words would be more cause for concern by the team than having some poster protest by a minority group I think. I would have recommended they first talk with some admin. rep about their concerns, but they probably tried and were rebuffed and thus felt the need to get political in their tactics. >From what I hear students at MUM were thrilled this weekend having the campus full of diverse looking and thinking students who amazingly were not afraid to get up and ask lynch and donovan whatever they wanted, even about sex and rock and roll for gosh sakes! 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/
