--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Alex Stanley" > <j_alexander_stanley@> wrote: > > > > My guess is that the threat of a lawsuit by the fundies had > > more of an impact on killing the TM club than the vocal ex-TMers. > > I think you're probably correct. They (the Lynch > Foundation) was afraid of having a precedent set. > > As noble as Mr. Lynch's intent is to help enable > more people to learn TM, I can't help but think > that his "solution" is ignoring the fundamental > problem -- the price is too damned high. > > As far as I can tell, this $175,000 grant "to the > school system" is just a disguise for funneling > $165,000 of it ($600 per person instructed) directly > to the TMO,
That sounds very sinister. If Mr. Lynch wanted to "funnel" $165,000 to the TMO, he could have done it by just writing the TMO a check for that amount. He would have gotten virtually the same tax benefit either by giving the money to his foundation first (as he did) and then having the foundation pay for the instructions or originally giving the money to the TMO. I believe the reason he is doing everything through his foundation -- as we've discussed here before -- is that he wants more control of his own money. > with $10,000 offered to the school system > as a kind of bribe, and to cover the cost of a room > in which the students could meet. > > The whole idea of trying to introduce TM at a "reduced > price" to students points out that Mr. Lynch *under- > stands* what the real problem is, and that this is > his attempt to get the TMO to do what it should have > done long ago -- lower its prices. > > If TM instruction cost what it should (a maximum of > $75), and if the instructors did a good enough job > of presenting its benefits, people would still be > learning to meditate. The "grant" idea, although > noble in its intent, is a "patch" to the fatally > flawed policies of an organization that seems bent > on pricing itself out of existence. > 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/
