FFL was pleasant because for the most part the people wanted it like that. (Although I did get an email on the side who was trying to poison my mind about Richard. I found it odd at the time. It was the only sign I say that TM forums could be unpleasant. Now who sent that...? He posted at AMT too, in those days. Bob someone or other I believe.)
Vaj, I think you are right, the basic motivation of the 'insurgents' seems combative, bombastic. It is almost always confrontational and looking for a fight. There is an inbuilt assumption that one is spoiling for a fight. It doesn't even seem to occur to them that there might be anything to be gained from an exchange of information and opinions, without resorting to unpleasantness. I saw the way Richard was ragged on AMT, but largely it was undeserved, he was just looking for answers. It seemed to me he wasn't getting them on TM forums. But why rag him? I have travelled widely in the Islamic world and NEVER come up against the fundamentalists. They get on underground trains whilst decent people are going off to work, all shades of human skin, all kinds of humanity, and let off bombs. The fundamentalist doesn't have regard for others. The TM-terrorist has no regard for others either. Perhaps it is the Maharishi's fault, with his 'damn democracy' and his 'scorpion nation', he is encouraging rabid behaviour in his shock troops. So perhaps Maharishi was once a saint and then he lost it, but there is no reason for everyone to lose it! Please turn over a new leaf everyone and at least be polite to one another. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 17, 2007, at 6:54 PM, Peter wrote: > > > I agree with you. Many, not all though, of the AMT > > people have "ruined" FFL. Other than my joking posts, > > I rarely post anymore. > > > I second that, moderating is needed by someone otherwise this list is > down the tubes. Really, that was likely their goal all along. One of > them even said she'd do this till she died. That doesn't sound much > different from an Islamic terrorist. The list has been destroyed by > insurgents, quite literally. >
