--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 12, 2008, at 4:44 AM, sparaig wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > This week is the 30th anniversary of Jonestown. I was in Iran on the > > world > > peace project when it happened and my buddies freaked out when I went > > missing one night. I didn't show up for a meeting because I was in a > > friend's room reading about the incident in his TIME magazine. When > > we got > > back to Switzerland Maharishi commented that "a Christian cult had > > committed > > suicide." He was gloating a bit, as he was pissed at the > > fundamentalists for > > opposing TM in the schools, etc., and he was lumping the Jonestown > > cult in > > with them. A year or two later, MMY send a small delegation to > > Guyana to ask > > government officials there to give land and support for a Sidhaland > > in the > > jungle. The government bureaucrat's reaction was basically, "Are you > > nuts? > > Don't you know what we've been through down here?" > > > > > My recollection is that MMY's response was: if they can't see the > difference > between us and Jim Jones, we're not interested in them (either).>> > > What a mature and thoughtful response. >
Seemed that way to me. Still does. Lawson
