Judy wrote: > > Your projection reminds me of John McCain's calling > > Barack Obama racist for mocking McCain's own use > > of Obama's picture on a $100 dollar bill. > > Er, there's only *one* president on the dollar bill, not "all those presidents" and the president on the dollar bill is not black, so Obama IS different from the president on the dollar bill, who is white. But there are not more than one president on the dollar bill, black or white. That's what McCain was mocking - that Obama was trying to inject race into politics, but Obama didn't even realize that there is only one president on the dollar bill.
"After all, it is quite obvious that Barack Obama does not look like those presidents on the dollar bills--George Washington has longish white hair and is wearing a bandage around his neck held together with a frilly handkerchief. Read more: 'Poll shows voters think Obama's 'dollar bill' comment racist' By Ethel C. Fenig American Thinkewr, August 04, 2008 http://tinyurl.com/69z62h > > > > You're being an apologist again, Lawson. > > > > > > Oh bull. > > > > > > > The point is that this "instruction" is > > > > inappropriate in ANY context, when said > > > > BY anyone, when said TO anyone. > > > > > > Bull again. > > > > > > > Neither Maharishi nor any of his toadies > > > > have or have ever had the right to make > > > > such demands on ANYONE, be they TM teacher, > > > > "Citizen Siddha," or Bozo the Clown. > > > > > > Thrice bullshit. The rationale was given explicitly and anyone > > > who disagreed with it quite literaly had no business being > > > a TM teacher because they were claiming quite clearly that > > > they were certain that TM was "the hghest path" and if they > > > didn't agree with what they were saying, they had no business > > > saying it. MMY was simply establishing how to "walk the walk" > > > in the public eye. > > > > > > > *Telling* someone who they can see and who > > > > they can't is the issue. *Submitting* to > > > > someone who is telling you who you can see > > > > and who you can't is the issue. The fact > > > > that you CAN make excuses for someone > > > > (ANYONE) telling another human being who > > > > they can see and who they can't is the > > > > issue. > > > > > > In the context of being a TM teacher? Not at all. > > > If they didn't want to play the game, they could > > > hang up the shingle and do whatever they wantedm > > > in public or not. > > > > > > > Forget about "spirituality" or "higher > > > > evolution" or "advanced states of conscious- > > > > ness" or any of that Woo Woo shit. Being > > > > able to excuse such behavior on the part of > > > > jealous tyrants indicates an almost complete > > > > lack of character and integrity in my book. > > > > > > Your projection reminds me of John McCain's calling > > > Barack Obama racist for mocking McCain's own use > > > of Obama's picture on a $100 dollar bill. > > > > > > Fact is, MMY set up specific guidelines for the public behavior > > > of TM teachers who wanted to be TM teachers in good standing with > > > the organization. If they didn't like the guidelines, they didn't > > > have to participate in being a TM teacher. > > > > Lawson, I'm not going to get into this with you. > > Of course Barry's not going to get into it. Lawson > is making perfect sense, and Barry, as usual, is not. > > > Did you notice the "in my book" part in what I > > wrote earlier, and below? That's the same as > > saying "in my opinion." My opinion hasn't changed > > as a result of you throwing a hissy fit and > > screaming "Bull." And it's not likely to. > > Lawson didn't throw a hissy fit, and he didn't > scream. He pointed out that Barry's opinion made > no sense and backed it up with a thoroughly > logical argument, which Barry doesn't dare try > to address. > > "My mind is made up, don't confuse me with the facts." > > > You are obviously COMFORTABLE with someone > > having the right to tell you what to do and who > > you can see and who you can't and (essentially) > > what you are permitted to think and what you are > > not (because you are not allowed access to any > > heretical ideas). > > Barry may want to rewrite his account of what MMY > said on his TTC, because it wasn't about not being > allowed access to "heretical" (read: different) ideas, > it was about *not being seen* reading or listening > to them. > > > I am not, and will never be. > > But, obviously, was for some years, or at least > was willing to go along with it. >
