--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> In other > less recent posts, we've seen someone title a post > "Mel Gibson, Christian Bigot," and then claim over > and over and over and over that she wasn't criticizing > him or the film that she'd never seen.
Were you monitoring yourself when you wrote this to avoid the possible pitfalls of ego and obsession, such as, for example, grossly misrepresenting something someone has said in order to demonize them? I never said I wasn't criticizing Gibson. That's just a flat-out lie, and you knew it was a lie when you wrote it. And when I said I wasn't criticizing the film, I made it very clear I meant I was not criticizing it *with regard to its artistry*. I was criticizing its *content* on the basis of what *many* other people, scholars of Maya history and culture who had seen the film, said were factual misrepresentations of that history and culture. You knew that as well when you wrote the above. If the brand of mindfulness that you're touting doesn't keep you from telling blatant lies with the intent of demonizing someone you consider your enemy, exactly how do you imagine that if TMers practiced it, they wouldn't suffer from "ethical and intellectual blindness"?
