> > "What you are putting forth basically means > > the end of any and all honest communication." > > Wow, you hit that one out of the park Sal. High five. > What would have taken me pages summed up in one short > phrase.
I'm going to spend a few more words (if not pages) on this, because I suspect a lot of folks here still don't get the exact mechanics of this partic- ular dodge. Since a couple of people here use it often, I think it's worth explaining *how* they use it. Remember what I said in recent posts about those who have adopted the True Believer mentality being actually *afraid* to put their own doubts about and lack of belief in the TM dogma into words? This dodge is one way that they avoid having to do so. How it works is, when someone says something that is contrary to the TM dogma, or that challenges it, the people who use this dodge regularly (neither of them TM teachers) reply using pretty much the exact argument that we who are TM teachers were taught to use in this situation. It takes the form, "Well, MMY says..." or "The TMO says..." or "Scientific experiment X says..." And whatever form it takes, what they say just "happens" to refutes the point that is contrary to the dogma, or the criticism. But (and here's the brilliant part), it refutes it in a completely spineless way. The persons using this particular dodge never have to say what *they* believe about the point under discussion. If someone comes back in response to the dodge and claims that they are just parroting the TM party line (which, of course, they are by "quoting" it), they can say, "Hey! *I* didn't say that. Maharishi/Hagelin/the TMO/ whoever said that." The dodge is a way to do exactly what they've been taught to do -- protect the TM dogma and ideas at any cost -- without *appearing* to do so. When challenged, they always have the "out" of claiming, "Hey! I was just quoting someone else...what makes you think that's what *I* believe?" Think I'm off base? Watch, next time this dodge is used here and challenged, and notice that the person who uses it almost *never* says what he or she really believes. They'll pretend to get all uptight about people "mistakenly" assuming that what they said is what *they* believe, pretend to fly into a snit over it, and then somehow in all the furor that they've stirred up, somehow "forget" to say what it is they really believe. 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/
