--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > My question is more fundamental -- do you *really* think > > > > it's a good idea to present meditation as something that > > > > people are SENTENCED TO? > > > > > > > > I mean really...think this through... > > > > > > As part of a parole or equivalent agreement? Sure, as long > > > as it is voluntary and there is a compliance component of > > > some kind. If the sentence is mandatory, then its silly. > > > You can't prove that someone is meditating anyway, unless > > > you hook them up to machines constantly. > > > > Would you consider making it mandatory if there *was* > > a simple way to prove whether they were meditating > > or not, and thus force compliance? > > If there were a simple way to force compliance, > it wouldn't be meditation. <duh> > > And in any case, the question is a non sequitur. > > Which words in "Sure, as long as it's voluntary" > and "If the sentence is mandatory, then it's silly" > did you overlook in your eagerness to set up a > putdown?
I think you missed his response, in which he he said, "I suppose there COULD be extreme cases where 'mandatory TM' might be justifiable." That's all I wanted to know. At least he had the balls to admit it, however loathsome a position it is.
