--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: > > > On Jun 17, 2009, at 10:04 AM, do.rflex wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > >> > >> The TM and TMO critical site, TM-Free Blog is being blocked to > >> Maharishi University of Management students as is access to some > >> other forms of spirituality and traditional teachings. I received > >> this response from an MUM student on my question of what was being > >> blocked/filtered: > >> > >> > >> "We aren't even sure who or what sets it up. But basically you are > >> blocked from p2p. Porn is of course blocked. Those two should really > >> be it.... but this website [TM Free Blog] is blocked even, as well as > >> all kinds of stuff that shouldn't be. We'll run into the occasional > >> block on other religious or traditional teachings. Many, many youtube > >> videos are blocked." > >> > >> -Anonymous Maharishi University of Management student > >> > > > > > > That's what they do in places like communist China. It also sounds > > kinda like Christian fundamentalist authoritarianism and its > > attendant censorship mania. What's next? ...electronic > > surveillance, inquisitions and book burnings? > > I'm certain the library there has always been a censored library, so > in effect, they've been burning books for years. One wonders what > type of book material would get you kicked off of "Invincible" > America? They expelled Robin Carlsen's students years ago for merely > attending his seminars, and many were near graduation. They now use > an ID card swipe to monitor your meditation attendance, so the > students are already being monitored electronically. >
Authoritarian control of information is the antithesis of freedom to learn, experience and grow.
