--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > > > I think it's good every so often to remember who > > > > > > *paid* for his E-ticket ride. Where do you think > > > > > > the money came from for his robes and crown, much > > > > > > less his weight in gold? From all the TBs who > > > > > > donated to projects along the way that they'd > > > > > > convinced themselves were really going to happen. > > > > > > > > > > For the record, the money didn't go to him personally > > > > > but to fund his research; essentially, it was the TMO > > > > > giving money to the TMO. > > > > > > > > So he did NOT get his weight in gold. > > > > > > > > In other words, the whole scale stunt was just a way to > > reapportion > > > > funds WITHIN the TMO from one department to another... > > > > > > Funny, I don't recall saying anything about > > > reapportioning funds from one department to > > > another. You made that up. > > > > > > > If this is what you are saying then the whole publicity stunt > > was, > > > > at worst, dishonest in its portrayal, at best, fraudulent. > > > > > > Oh, please. The TMO would have funded his > > > research in any case. They just decided to > > > hand out the money in a way that would give > > > them some publicity. Nothing the least bit > > > fraudulent about it. The press release said > > > what the money was to be used for. > > > > > > And publicity stunts are by definition > > > "dishonest." This was a good one, imaginative > > > and quite successful. > > > > > > > > Let me understand this, Judy. > > > > You most certainly seem to be saying that the "giving Tony Nader > his > > weight in gold" was: > > > > 1) a good publicity stunt; and > > > > 2) "imaginative"; and > > > > 3) "quite successful? > > I believe if you look above, you won't need to > muse about what I "seem to be saying," you can > see what I actually said. > > But in case that's too much trouble, I'll quote > it here: "This was a good one, imaginative and > quite successful." > > > I will cede to you that, yes, #2 is correct that it WAS imaginative. > > > > But I suggest to you and the others readers on this forum that if > > you do actually ascribe to both #1 and #3 that you are either: > > > > 1) deluded; > > > > 2) quite possibly brainwashed by a cult; or > > > > 3) in denial. > > And I suggest to you that you frequently seem > to have difficulty interpreting plain English when > it's saying something you don't want to accept. > > A "good" publicity stunt is a successful one. A > "successful" publicity stunt is one that gets-- > wait for it!--a lot of publicity. > > This stunt got a lot of publicity. You concede it > was imaginative. Therefore, it was a good > publicity stunt, imaginative and quite successful.
then according to you "Nurenberg" and the 1936 Olympic Games were good publicity stunts and very, very successful. Sad. I myself believe that the "receiving his weight in gold" stunt was only successful to the extent that it innoculated everyone who follows the TMO against the even nuttier things that were to come down the pike in years to come... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
