that is an excellent idea Doc! I absolutely agree - big screen tv, nachos, beer and football or maybe soccer and cricket for them to watch. -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 3/14/14, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com <doctordumb...@rocketmail.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, March 14, 2014, 12:25 PM I think there is a lot of "Brahmin-worship idealism" not just from Maharishi, who at least understood it from his own culture. Mayor Winner and the others were probably too star struck by the "holy" pandit boys, to do anything, but imprison them, in this idealism - "our little brown brothers, of inestimably high consciousness are too pure to join the ranks of us western sinners", or some such crap. Someone needs to go in there, and watch a football game (not soccer) with these guys, or take them to a country and western saloon. Its a good program, but only if the culture gap can be resolved. Otherwise, adios, muchachos! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <LEnglish5@...> wrote : "And how odd that you would find Lawson's speculation about the pundits' isolation to be blaming them for it rather than those responsible for keeping them in isolation." And that may be the most important issue here: the pandits may feel so isolated that they are lashing out or getting exploited by jumping ship on the way back to India, etc, and it may be the root of all the problems we've been hearing about. Maharishi, in his Brahmin-worship idealism, may have thought that it was enough simply for Brahmins to participate in the revival of their cultural tradition, but real world issues have shown that there's something lacking here and the local TM organization has to figure out what it is. L ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <authfriend@...> wrote : This had nothing to do with a "celebrity endorsement," you twisted twit. Lawson is addressing a specific factual issue, as to whether Mishra is the "head pundit," as the news reports have said; and if not, what his real status is, since he appears to have been central to what took place.. The truth is, Barry, you don't want to know what actually happened. You want to be the one who establshes the story according to your own bilious viewpoint, regardless of the facts. And anyone who goes in search of the facts and reports on what he finds, if it isn't 100 percent negative to the TMO, is to be demonized as a cultist. And how odd that you would find Lawson's speculation about the pundits' isolation to be blaming them for it rather than those responsible for keeping them in isolation. http://www.oprah.com/own-oprahs-next-chapter/Oprah-Meets-Iowas-Pandits-Videoin the above video, Oprah meets "Bhupendra-ji," one of the "leaders of the pandits." It is obvious that he is much older than the 20-40 age group of the run-of-the-mill pundits mentioned in the article(s). My guess is that the guy they were deporting is either an informal charismatic spokesman or some kind of sub-group leader who thought he'd protect his friends from those non-Brahmin filth, er, Westerners. I'm also guessing that the pandits are so isolated that they've developed local gang leaders who prey on their ignorance of local customs (which they may not be aware of, either) like "don't attack local law enforcement officers" as it gets the attention of the state and federal law enforcement agencies who will kill you in an instant if they think you are a real threat to law enforcement officers in general. Three comments: 1. When the credibility of a cult organization is called into question, trot out an old celebrity endorsement from two years ago in the hope that readers are as easily swayed by celebrity as you are. 2. When the cult is threatened by events that have become public knowledge, find someone else to blame for them. Describe the fall guys using terms like "gang leaders" for maximum effect. 3. Try not to have any photos taken of yourself as you do and say this stuff.