I was once conned out of $7,800. That's not counting the nickles and dimes..$5 here, $500 there. Instead of getting mad, I started hanging out with that guy. Then I found more con artists and hung out with them. [New Agers, mostly]
It had become very clear that I needed to learn a few things...mostly about myself. Why was I such a good 'mark'? Expensive, but very valuable lessons. I discovered that some of the closest people in my life were con artists. Many of them are still in my life, still friendlies, some aren't..but they don't con me any more. I know what they're doing and still sometimes go along. Con people aren't always evil. Most aren't at all happy. Some believe their own con game or just can't see it themselves. A few are trying to force you into loving them. They feel that no one could..just do it. Emotional vampires who don't know any other way. I 'could be' very rich and have groupies. I know how. ode At 05:25 PM 8/22/2004 -0500, you wrote: >Rip off artists are every where in life. I don't know how anyone can get >to adulthood without some awareness that one must be diligent in >checking out any and all instances where there could be a conflict of >interest. I therefore believe that those who get ripped off by these >types of obvious phonies without making some attempt to confirm the >information or the practitioner as valid are acting out an emotional >agenda of one sort or another. > >Life is for learning and pain is often the messenger, the pain of being >conned for instance. > >Garnet > > >-- >The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > >Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > >To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com >Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > >Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com >OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > >
