--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Judy, I really don't know what to say.  If you haven't come across
> the fear factor in dealing with the TMO, or in dealing with people
> who have dealt with it, consider yourself lucky.

Oh, I'm not saying it doesn't exist.  (That's why I said
"in most cases" below, don'cha know.)  But changing one's
screen name here to avoid being identified with a group of
naysayers and perhaps losing one's dome badge just doesn't
fall into the "fear factor" category.

In fact, I think the statement I was commenting on
originally comes a lot closer to invoking the fear factor,
as if the TMO routinely exacted Scientology-like
retribution on dissidents for the slightest infraction.

It's an issue of proportionality, in other words.






  The pragmatism people employ
> when they follow everyday, commonsense rules that are almost
universal,
> and the strain they resort to when dealing with the TMO's
incredibly
> dumb, capricious rules that change with the wind and often seem
> motivated by little else other than sheer meanness, are totally
> different.
>
> Sal
>
>
> On May 20, 2006, at 10:17 AM, authfriend wrote:
>
> >  But of course it's not fear; that's my point.  Following
> >  the TMO's rules, in most cases, isn't done out of fear of
> >  what the TMO will do to you, it's simple pragmatism.  If
> >  the TMO has something you want, either you play by its
> >  rules, or you don't get to have it.
>







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