On Mar 27, 2011, at 12:30 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: >> I don't know her, but she kind of seems to have lost >> her way. That was easily, IMO, the lowest point of >> the whole talk. You'd think anybody with even a >> shred of self-respect would kind of have some serious >> qualms about getting up in front of hundreds of >> people and claiming someone else was nuts. And also >> claiming she knew them when she didn't. Basically, >> she told a big fat whopper and then based on that >> whopper, made a casual diagnosis. And this is the >> kind of person you run into in the TMO these days. >> Kinda makes the rajas look almost good by comparison. > > Bob's first response is "really?" He seems perfectly willing to entertain the > idea. He then catches himself when she wants to continue and says that's > enough. But this technique of claiming someone is crazy or fundamentally > flawed in some way was used by Maharishi as well as his minions. Her mistake > is to do it publicly where she could be seen saying it by people not fully in > on the higher end justifies the means damn the torpedoes, higher purpose.
Yep. And also I'd forgotten about the "she's had a disappointing life" slam. What a shitty thing to say. Who *hasn't* had some disappointments along the way? Wonder what this woman is hiding that she would attack someone else like that. > Official for the movement have said all sorts of shit about me to reporters > without knowing me. Even Clinton used it against Monica. It is old school ad > hominem shoot the messenger swift-boating and it is hidden under the > lipservice of speaking well of others. Maharishi used to run this when he > would publicly appear to not be bothered by someone or something and then > with his closer people engage in a campaign to ruin them. Well, at least nobody is sleeping with the fishes...yet. :) Although with the Shrivistavas in charge... Sal
