--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Aug 22, 2006, at 5:00 PM, new.morning wrote: > > > That gets to my primary point. How many are being forcefully ejected > > from the domes? > > So far, I've only heard of one, but even that is too many. He > apparently wasn't doing anything except meditating. > > > How many are being rejected. My impression is that its > > very few. And in some, if not most cases, it kind of makes sense - - > > Shivama being a good example, IMO. > > I didn't find anything threatening in her letter--did you? > > > >> Doesn't any of that bother you? > > > > If only a handful are being forcefully ejected from the domes or > > rejected, and for those that are there is some pretty extreme > > circumstances behind it, I am not heavily bothered. Thats why I asked, > > how frequent are these rejections? > > > > > > I thought the days of people laying > >> guilt trips on others, while also telling them to ignore their own > >> better judgment, were over. > > > > Agreed. Per above, heavy handed recruiting / guilt-trips are so 80's. > > Quite passe. > > > >> the fact that they are asking for SS #s (or so I understood) is > >> troubling > > > > As judy has pointed out, many ask for it. I routinely refuse if its > > irrelevant. Or if that stops my application, I put in a "creative" one. > > > And Judy's argument is simply an apologia.
Well, no, actually it was an attempt to bring a little rationality to your rampant paranoia. I have not found that > many ask for it at all--in fact, outside of the TMO, I can't think > of any private organization that has, and definitely not with any > regularity. Apart from someone who said they needed it when I was > thinking of getting a satellite dish, nobody in the last 10 years > (I would guess) has asked me for it. (I declined on the SD.) I had to supply it to my lawyer when I purchased a condo recently; the town requires it to transfer the deed. And as I noted, a physician I went to for a flu shot asked for it as well. It's still fairly common. > And identity theft is really not the issue, as Judy knows, > that's just a diversionary tactic she is using--intimidation is. Sal, you're losing it. I never suggested the TMO was collecting SS#s so it could commit identity theft. How the heck did you get that idea?? I mentioned identity theft simply to point out that before identity theft became a threat, SS#s were routinely used for identification. What I don't get is why you think asking for your SS# would be *intimidating*. What is it you would be intimidated *about*? What would the implied threat be? For the record, if I had to give them my SS# to go on a course these days, I wouldn't do it, even if it meant I couldn't go. I don't trust them to keep those records secure from people who might use them for identity theft. I felt the same > way years back when I routinely gave it to them. > > Sal > 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/
