Hey Lurk, not sure how relevant your response is. Duveyoung claimed that he was "forced to beg in public," which is a ridiculous claim. Who forced him? Did some TMO henchmen come to his door and frogmarch him to the capitol and "force" him to "beg in public"? I don't think so. His anger at the TMO is simply displaced anger at himself for being such a loser that he couldn't afford even the modest amount charged for a dome fee.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" <steve.sun...@...> wrote: > > Edg, for the life of me, I can't figure out why everyone is busting > your chops on this. I can relate to this story at face value. > Makes sense to me. Who wants to be humiliated, or shamed, even in a > small way. But nooooo, there's got to be "slave" issues, > or "whiner" issues. Let me throw this arm chair psychology back on > them. You've got Peter, Feste, and Richard coming after you. How > many kids do they have between them. Could it be.............0. > How many kids do WE have between us. Like 7. These other guys > don't have the foggiest about what it's like to take on the > responsibilites of something like this. Let's see how they fare in > this regard. Probably be weeping like little school girls. Ya, we > know what a real man is. Hell yea we do! > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> wrote: > > > > Poor little whiner, determined to be a victim. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > When I was poor and wanting to still be able to do program in the > > > domes, I had to ask them to let me in for free or at least give > me a > > > discount on the dome fee. > > > > > > You'd think that the TMO was scoring a point for having a > process for > > > folks like me that involved getting some personal information > and then > > > deciding if the candidate warranted help. > > > > > > Seems straightforward and Christian of the TMO, eh? > > > > > > But here's how it worked out in real life: > > > > > > 1. You stand in line forever to get to the person at the main > table. > > > > > > 2. You ask, softly and discreetly because you're embarrassed to > have > > > to ask, about the chance of getting a free badge. > > > > > > 3. The person at the table speaks loudly: "Oh, if you cannot > afford > > > the fee go to that table over there." > > > > > > 4. Everyone in the room looks to see who's being sent to the > shudra > > > table. > > > > > > 5. You go over to that table and they grill ya about if you've > asked > > > all your relatives etc. for help in paying the dome fee, whether > you > > > might be getting money in the future and would you then pay back > the > > > discounting's difference, whether you're active in the local > center, > > > etc. Yes, that really is what they did to me. > > > > > > 6. Anyone in the room could hear my conversation with the > person at > > > the shudra table. > > > > > > See why I stopped asking for help? > > > > > > In a cult where even an extra dollar a year income could notch > you a > > > step higher in the cult's esteem, I was unable to endure the > misery of > > > begging to be with God's Holy Crew. Pride -- in this instance -- > was > > > my best friend, because, my pride wouldn't let me put myself in > the > > > power of these vicious bastards again. > > > > > > I think that being force to beg in public was my tipping point -- > from > > > that time onwards, my first interpretation of anything the TMO > was > > > doing was to think that some small minded unenlightened > bureaucrat was > > > plying a vile intent. > > > > > > Edg > > > > > > > > >
