--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: <snip> > > And oh, by the way, one doesn't usually refer to a > > hermit who makes his home in the forest for spiritual > > reasons as a "homeless man." That's what's called > > "loading the language" in anti-thought reform circles. > > Actually, what Curtis wrote is the result of NOT > loading loading the language by cutting the guy and > his actions a break because he was somehow > "spiritual." I found his description refreshing; > it's how *most people on the planet* would view the > life of such a person if they hadn't been programmed > to view it as somehow "special" and "highly evolved."
Actually most people on the planet are not so programmed. But most would have the good sense to make the distinction between someone whose lifestyle is purposely unconventional due to their religious convictions, and someone whose lifestyle is unconventional because they can't get their act together. It's not even necessary to *approve* of those religious convictions to recognize the difference.
