--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You mean the newt wasn't a dead give-away?
Guess not. For me the tip-off was in the first sentence: "a small cult based in Holland." The reality of that statement was perfectly calculated to push the buttons of TM TBs, and stopped me in my tracks. Then I looked up at who had sent it, and smiled, knowing that I was in for another guyfawkes day creation. But Angela has a point. Didn't you guys ever see Monty Python and the Holy Grail? Here is the scene in question: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp_l5ntikaU All this talk about Reuters sounds like sour grapes to me, from folks who got stung because part of the TMO or not any more, part of them still wants to believe that they were so impor- tant that governmental agencies wanted to spy on them. Not to mention do things to screw up their grand plans for the world, as if they weren't completely capable of doing that themselves. As the witch herself says at the end of the Monty Python scene, "It's a fair cop." :-) > --- Duveyoung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > By the time one gets to the end of the piece, it is > > painfully obvious > > that we've been duped "just enough" to make the > > thing "real" to TMers > > and grab them only to then dump them into their own > > pile of steaming > > assumptions. > > > > On April Fool's Day, this would have fooled no one, > > right? > > > > I think satire has the right to use some dirty > > tricks like misusing > > Reuters' name, but yeah, the writer is flirting with > > slander. > > > > It was uncomfortable as a "gotcha" for me, because, > > well, "I was done > > got" for a few sentences and had had my blood > > chemicals change with a > > rush of "what on Earth can the movement do about > > this scandal?" So my > > anti-TMO emotions were triggered, and I was > > petardized. > > > > I didn't like it, but I bow to the achievement. > > > > Edg > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister > > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" > > <jr_esq@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > > "guyfawkes91" <guyfawkes91@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Reuters 05-02-2008:23:05 by our staff > > reporter. > > > > > > IMO, one shouldn't be using a real name of a news > > agency > > > in this kind of stuff. I'd prefer e.g. Beuters, > > Royters, > > > Rutters, Reuterz, or somesuch... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Today a small cult based in Holland founded by > > the Maharishi of > > > > > Beatles fame announced that its leader for > > Germany "Raja" Emanuel > > > > > Schiffgens has been identified as a government > > agent working for the > > > > > > > > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com >
