--- In [email protected], gullible fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This is the point that it amazes me that several > > people here have missed, in their "one-pointedness." > > This quote was made by the *TM* folks, not by the > > critics. *They* are claiming that the resistance > > to the grant came from a "religious minority," > > when in fact it seemed to come primarily from > > former TMers. > > This is exactly what I meant in my earlier post, > TurquoiseB, that the TMO spokespeople are screaming > out the loaded words "religious minority", when the > opposition is really from former TMers. Some readers > seemed to think I meant otherwise.
Yeah, I knew that's what you meant; I was just surprised (though I shouldn't have been) at the number of self-important paranoids here who preferred to believe that the Lynch grant (and thus, by extension, themselves) was the target of a well-orchestrated "hit" by Christian fundamentalists. I mean, where is the "payoff" for a TM fanatic if this program got shut down by a few ex-TMers who provided information about what the TMO is really like, when instead they can believe that the TMO (and thus themselves) were targeted by a "hit squad" from the Christian right? :-) It's the same mentality as the "we're so important that the CIA was investigating us" theory. And it's just all so familiar. The Rama guy claimed similar things when *he* got flack. And in that case, some of it *was* from organizations like CAN, but the vast majority of the bad press he got came from the families of his students, who were upset that their kids had followed his advice to cut all ties with their families. But you don't look like as much of a *victim* if people think "concerned parents" are on your ass, so you come up with a cover story that makes it look as if an organized group is attacking religious freedom. Same thing here. This quote was designed to make it look as if the Lynch grant was the victim of a "hit" when in fact it was the victim only of the TM movement's own history being revealed. This quote was designed to appeal to *TMers*, and to make them feel persecuted. Fascinating how many people here on this group fell for it. Also, I think it's important to look at the *response* from the Lynch Foundation. When con- fronted, they cut and run. An indicator to me that the only way they'll *ever* get a program like this accepted is to do it quietly and behind closed doors, so that no one can tell the "buyers" what it is that they're buying and who it is they're buying from. 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
