Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Bullshit - Holier than Thou

2013-10-18 Thread Ravi Chivukula
Thank you for your comments Seraphita - you are spot on Gandhi, another aspect though that his fasting to coerce others could be treated as being violent, being passive aggressive. And then one could argue that he was not the only one responsible for India's independence. You guys had already

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bullshit - Holier than Thou

2013-10-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Thrill of the chaste - excellent title! Thanks for the link. Back in my TM days, I knew a woman who had two Ph.D.s (and was once told directly by Maharishi with regard to this accomplishment, Good...that will make you a better conversationalist for

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bullshit - Holier than Thou

2013-10-18 Thread Michael Jackson
but he never screwd 'em!! Alas, another icon falls. On Fri, 10/18/13, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Bullshit - Holier than Thou To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Bullshit - Holier than Thou

2013-10-18 Thread Michael Jackson
Churchill didn't much like him either. On Fri, 10/18/13, s3raph...@yahoo.com s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Bullshit - Holier than Thou To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, October 18, 2013, 3:37 AM

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bullshit - Holier than Thou

2013-10-18 Thread Richard J. Williams
A guy who, through the simple force of his personality, could free a whole sub-continent from the rule of the British Empire, is very impressive indeed, even if he wore a bed sheet and slept with girls. I guess it's all a matter of what is right and what is wrong, not about the clothes you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bullshit - Holier than Thou

2013-10-18 Thread Share Long
Richard, you're my hero for saying this. I mean jeez, we're all a mix of good and bad. Can't we all just acknowledge the good and help heal the bad, or whatever one wants to call it? On Friday, October 18, 2013 9:18 AM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote:   A guy who,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bullshit - Holier than Thou

2013-10-17 Thread Ravi Chivukula
I had to come out of lurkdom to thank you for this beautiful video dear Seraphita. I have long railed against Gandhi, Teresa and Dolly Lama and I totally enjoyed this video, it is a good summary of these three pseudo-spiritual icons. That Gandhi was sexually perverted and slept with girls was a

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Bullshit - Holier than Thou

2013-10-17 Thread s3raphita
Thrill of the chaste - excellent title! Thanks for the link. Yes, Gandhi has always been one of my pet peeves. Never been too keen on Mother Teresa either. The thing about Gandhi for me is that, on the one hand, he presented himself as a naked sadhu - ie, someone who had *renounced* the