--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > I do not make any assumption at all, and I make > > no specific "accusation" at all. I am merely > > pointing out that when I read an article telling > > me to admire someone for having made money, I > > tend to want to know HOW he made his money, and > > whether he might have made it from something > > like being a mine owner, which in Brazil is > > pretty much equivalent to being a slaver. > > > > For you, the ONLY thing that seemed to matter > > was that he made a lot of money. As I said at > > the start, how very TM of you. > > Since you clearly don't get what I'm hinting > at, John, I'll explain it a little. I'm suggest- > ing that when it comes to admiring people, you > have very low standards. > > Your whole *point* in posting the article seemed > to be, "See! This guy practices TM and he found > an iron ore field and got rich. Voila! TM works! > *This* is how 'support of nature' works!" > > Low standards. > > If the guy had gotten rich by inventing a tech- > nology that freed us from dependence on polluting > fossil fuels, I might admire him. If the guy had > found a way to get rich by improving the living > standards for the people of Brazil as a whole, > I might admire him. If the guy had found a cure > for cancer, I might have admired him. > > All he did is make money, and he made his money > in a field that -- in his country -- is pretty > much synonymous with slavery. World organizations > have worked for decades to try to improve the > near-slavery-like work and lifestyle conditions > of miners in Brazil. So am I supposed to *admire* > this person for having made his money this way? > No way. > > But you seem to. The question of HOW he made his > money never entered your mind. Having made a bundle > of money is ENOUGH for you to admire him. > > I rest my point, and restate my thesis: How very > TM of you, admiring people because they're a member > of the same elitist club you are, and made money. > > Would you admire a TMer if he made his millions > as an arms dealer? As a cocaine dealer? I'm betting > that the money and the TMer status would be all > that mattered to you. Low standards. >
There you go again, pardner. You're making a lot of assumptions of what I'm thinking which you really don't know. In the military, one would say you have a tendency to SWAG (some wild ass guess).
