Obviously, you haven't been staying indoors and taking holy baths during eclipses during your current life time!BTW try adding a little Fiber1 to your diet.
________________________________ From: turquoiseb <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, June 19, 2011 12:32:57 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 5 Examples of Americans Thinking Foreign People Are Magic With all of the talk yesterday about Indian "remedies" for which the definition of that term seems to be "poison," I thought it was about time to repost this classic from Cracked.com. I bailed from the TMO before it wanted me to believe in witch doctor magic and witch doctor architecture, but I like to think that if I'd still been part of the organization some little inner voice inside me would have said "WTF," and failed to pile on to the latest fad and income-generating scheme. Those who didn't have only themselves to blame. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@...> wrote: > > I love Cracked.com. Sometimes they just nail a serious > issue, while being funny. This one should appeal to many > here and make them laugh, while totally infuriating others. > The folks at Cracked see the silliness of New Agers and > India-worshippers similar to the way I do. As a teaser, > these are the 5 topics they deal with to make a case > for Americans unintelligently suspending their critical > faculties and pragmatic disbelief when they encounter > something from a foreign culture. > > #5. Believing In Superstitions Just Because They Are Foreign > #4. Blindly Trusting Foreign Medicines > #3. Treating Foreigners as Having Unearthly Wisdom > #2. Acting Like Foreign Text Has Mystical Power and Beauty > #1. Making Yourself Look Wise and Exotic Via Cultural Name-Dropping > > We've discussed many of these idiocies here on FFL, but > rarely as pointedly as this online humor mag does. Some- > times you don't need a guru to tell you what's what; > all you need is a comedian. > >http://www.cracked.com/article_18821_5-examples-americans-thinking-foreign-people-are-magic.html >l > > This is in my honest opinion pretty much the only reason > Maharishi ever became popular. And still is, with some > who aren't aware of why they believe the things they do.
