--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" > <jpgillam@> wrote: > > --- TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > > it's fuckin' inappropriate for *any* judge *anywhere* > > > to be able to compel *anyone* to practice *any* form of > > > meditation or spiritual practice for *any* reason. Period. > > > > I don't believe compulsion enters in; I believe the parolee > > decides whether to participate in the program. I've forgotten > > the details. > > > > The dicey question might be whether the parolee gets > > easier terms as a result of participation. Again, I don't recall. > > > > This question is kinda like the grammar question I commented > > on a moment ago. I don't know what the rules are, but I know > > what feels right, and it feels like the Enlightened Sentencing > > Program is a great thing. > > That's cool. Doesn't feel that way to me. > Feels like the top of a very steep and very > slippery slope to me.
On the surface -- it feels good. At a deeper level, it raises questions: can other judges offer prayer and bible study as an alternative. Or attandance in a stict muslim madras(sp)? Or as an apprentice in the Moonies' programs? Or attendance at a 12 part tantra sex seminar?* How about a year with Scientology? *Don't laugh, when I was in college, Herbert Marcuse -- an emmensely popular professor and author -- and a Marxist -- was teaching at a sister campus, teaching in his classes that not getting enough sex was the root of most social problems and all wars. Governor Ronald Reagan was not amused and tried to fire the tenured professor. ------------------------ 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/
