I thought Curtis's response was great too, Bill, and really sums up the wackiness as well as the good stuff. But on FF--it really feels like a community here, like a group of progressive people working together on various projects, at least much of the time. The divisions, when they occur, usually come from the TM side, (IMO) but even that has not been happening nearly as much lately. I tend to think people are a little nicer and more open-minded here than in many other places, at least other places I've lived in.
Sal On Aug 13, 2006, at 5:20 PM, Bill (William)Simmons wrote: > Thank you Curtisdeltablues your response it mirrors my thoughts on > what I am certain is a nice community (Fairfield). One that is no > better but no worse then other communities with far less > folks "flying' for a better world. > > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Like many aspects of the TM movement beliefs, the 1% claims are >> carefully worded so they are un-falsifiable. This is a common trick >> with groups making absurd claims. Because they are choosing what to >> pay attention to in huge amounts of sociological data, they can make >> it seem like either "something good is happening" or "something is >> purifying in the environment". On a smaller scale this is played > out >> with the claim that TM makes you feel better in every way, unless it >> doesn't, which is termed unstressing. They are only fooling >> themselves with this transparent tactic. >> >> Fairfield people are nice, ordinary folks with all the same social >> problems common to their age demographic. Nothing special after >> decades of devotion to this practice. The same mix of idiots and >> geniuses you find everywhere else. They aren't better in any way, > but >> I don't think they are worse either. Just an odd belief system in a >> group of mostly optimistic people. I think you would have to look >> long and hard to find another one as whacked as your ex seemed to > be. >> >> >> >> 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/
