<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> on 5/20/06 10:29 AM, Sal Sunshine at [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.
> > 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.
>
> A friend of mine once told me how mortified he was when his
> dentist started asking him about TM during a treatment,
> because he (my friend) wasn¹t wearing a suit and tie.
Hah. :-)
But let's face it, someone who has never been a
teacher or lived in a TM community is just never
going to get the level of fear that the movement
exerts over people. Give it up. They'd prefer to
believe their fantasies.
The story that follows is somewhat off the subject,
but it reminded me of a story from an ATR course,
and how one had to deal with the TM movement auth-
orities. There was a guy on the course who was
sick. Really sick, with a high, high fever. We
told the course leaders and they replied with a
straight face that the guy would have to wait to
see a doctor until next week when the TM doctor
made his regular rounds to the hotel.
We suggested to the course leaders, gently, that
they were fuckin' insane. And they told us, again
with a straight face, that they had been told
that any 'commotion' on their courses would reflect
on them personally, and that they were not under
any circumstances going to call Seelisberg (only
a few minutes away by car) and have the doctor
make a special trip to the hotel, because that
would be considered a 'commotion.'
I stood there in the hotel lobby and let them
say this, and then turned to the real hotel man-
ager (a non-TMer), who had been standing there
listening but saying nothing. I explained to him
that one of his guests had a fever of 104 degrees F.
The manager turned around and picked up the phone
and a real doctor was there in less than ten
minutes. Now the Internet story:
This a true story of George Phillips of Meridian,
Mississippi, who was going to bed when his wife
told him that he'd left the light on in the garden
shed, which she could see from the bedroom window.
George opened the back door to go turn off the light
but saw that there were people in the shed in the
process of stealing things.
He immediately phoned the police, who asked "Is
someone in your house?" and he said no, but
explained the situation. Then they said that all
patrols were busy, and that he should simply lock
his doors and an officer would be along when available.
George said, "Okay" hung up, counted to 30, and phoned
the police again.
He said, "Hello, I just called you a few minutes ago
because there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have
to worry about them now, cause I've just shot them all."
Then he hung up. Within five minutes three squad cars, an
Armed Response Unit, and an ambulance showed up at the
Phillips' residence. Of course, the police caught the
burglars red-handed.
One of the policemen said to George: "I thought you said
that you'd shot them?"
George said "I thought you said there was nobody available!"
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