--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That his words can be twisted to the point that a pretzel would > look like a straight line as long as it suits the person doing > it...
Just out of curiosity, how is suggesting that MMY may have had something in mind by "enlightened dictatorship" that is markedly different from our current notions of the nature of dictatorship "twisting" his words? > basically, whatever he says is right simply because he says it, I guess you must have missed the part where I acknowledged that there's excellent reason to be skeptical of the *feasibility* of whatever it is he has in mind. > and the rest of us are just too ignorant and/or blind to be able to > ferret out his "real" meaning. And when his "real" meaning becomes > clear, of course we will all agree with everything he has ever > said, hosannas will be heard, God will be in his/her heaven, and > all will be right with the world. :) You seem to have picked up Barry's tendency to fantasize. Either that, or you don't read so good. Maharishi's made some weird statements. Why on earth is exploring various possibilities as to what he may have meant equivalent, in your alleged mind, to asserting that one of the less-negative possibilities is the "real" meaning? > Of course, alternatively, one could also conclude that these quotes > are/were the ravings of someone a few French fries short of a Happy > Meal (not to put too fine a point in it) and that those that try > and twist are desperate to make some sense, any sense, out of what > their leader has said. Or, they're putting up the best case they can to see whether someone can knock it down. That's what people *do*--rational people, anyway--when they're interested in weighing the validity of various points of view. Also like Barry, you're erroneously equating "Maharishi says" (or in this case, may mean) with "What MMY says (or in this case, may mean) is right." Apparently, as far as you're concerned, anyone who proposes anything but the most jaded and negative view of what MMY does and says is guilty of being a nutcase. No alternative possibilities may even be considered. Funny, that's the same accusation frequently leveled here against TBs--that anyone who suggests a view different from theirs is labeled as crazy. > And don't forget Marcos. Seems to me that project worked just fine. People started meditating, started thinking more coherently as a result, and promptly ejected Marcos from power. If I were a TMer version of Barry, I might suggest that you're overreacting so wildly because even the *possibility* that MMY isn't quite such a horrible person you want to believe he is scares you to death. Again I'll observe that the behavior of many of the True Non-Believers on this forum is *exactly the same* as--and often even worse than--the behavior of which they accuse the TBs, just in support of the opposite perspective. > On Apr 18, 2006, at 11:58 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > [I wrote:] > > > Granting your point above--and others along the same lines > > > having to do with the unlikelihood of practical implementation > > > --it seems to me the original point Bob was making has been > > > overlooked, which was that when MMY advocates "enlightened > > > dictatorship," he may not have in mind anything even remotely > > > resembling what we think of when we hear the word > > > "dictatorship." > > > > But Maharishi praises Fidel Castro, Robert Mugabe, and their > > ilk, so what are we to think? ------------------------ 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/
