Well, much to my surprise the Movement is being cautious about claiming
outright responsibility. But just wait, they'll get around to it.
From: "TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 2:48 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The Marshy Effect?
I hate to shatter Feste's dreams that he wasn't part of a cult that tries
to "take credit" for pretty much *everything* that can be seen as positive, but
here's the scoop from the top 'o the page at Global Good News:
http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=142403213127980678
On 15 February 2015 The Guardian reported: New York City has enjoyed an almost
unprecedented 12-day streak without a homicide. After months dominated by
allegations that US law enforcement is reckless in the use of deadly force,
especially when it comes to African-American men, there's a new
criminal-justice narrative: US crime rates are falling, often dramatically,
even as incarceration rates begin to level off. What Caused the Crime Decline?
A study published last week by the Brennan centre for justice at New York
University school of law looked closely at theories to explain the decline. Of
14 factors that might explain some of the drop, 'even adding all of them
together fails to explain the majority of the decrease', the authors concluded.
Global Good News service views this news as a sign of rising positivity in the
fields of world peace and culture, documenting the growth of life-supporting,
evolutionary trends.
From: salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 8:21 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The Marshy Effect?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote :
Interesting. Can you, Salyavin, provide the links to thepress releases you say
the TMO is now sending out claiming credit for thereduction in crime in New
York? I know how you like to be scientific abouteverything, so I am sure you
would not say this unless you had some evidencethat it is indeed so. Indeed,
you yourself say you can "absolutely guarantee” it. So I’m lookingforward to
seeing those links you will post for us!
I can only post links to news sources that have taken up the press releases.
Obviously. But nobody ever does - for some reason.
But how can I be so sure? I used to work in PR myself and everyone with an
agenda, whether it's world peace or selling shoes, sends out a press release
(PR's) at every chance they get to (hopefully) keep their brand in the news .
Newspapers employ people to collect and collate the days PR's which are then
sent to the editor who decides which is newsworthy and instructs journo's to
get more information if the PR doesn't contain all they need for a story.
When I worked in the media dept of the TMO it was no surprise to find that we
sent out PR's on an almost daily basis. In fact part of my job was creating
databases of journo's to send things to. Very easily done, you just read
magazines and if you find someone who writes about things like alternative
medicine they go on a list for the next ayurveda release etc.
In times of conflict we'd send out PR's on a daily basis to every news outlet
about how we had a proper solution to the trouble and how every government
should give us money to create groups of yogic flyers. Crime rate gone up? PR
about yogic flying. Impending election in war zone? Yogic flying again.
Only one PR was ever taken up by the UK press (one about teaching the
unemployed to do yogic flying so they can make themselves useful by keeping
crime rates down - treated with distinct amusement) But that didn't stop them
for a second, and so it shouldn't. Keeping up a good media profile is essential
these days, look at the coverage a mere mention of David Lynch gets, do you
really think that newspapers go looking for stories about celebrities and what
they do? Of course not, the TMO sends out a press release with all relevant
info and they get in touch if they want to make a story out of it. That's the
way it works.
So why don't we get to hear about the Marshy Effect PR's? Because crackpot
theories about reducing crime by jumping up and down in your pyjama's still
isn't considered a worthy news story. But I bet my bottom dollar they are still
sending them out. They'd be failing in their duty if they've stopped. Unless
they don't believe it any more either? Nah, they'd be all over this with a PR
about the pundit programme and collective consciousness, guaranteed.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mjackson74@...> wrote :
You can bet your bottom raam the Movement will take credit for this, as they do
everything in the world they think will sell tickets to their bizarre "vedic"
circus.
I had a raam note once, it cost me ten bucks and the missus threw it away
because she thought it was joke money. OK she was right, but it cost a lot and
had a nice picture on it. I thought it made a nice memento.
However, I think the movement should keep quiet about their role in this
apparent calmness as it actually contradicts the claimed Marshy Effect. If it
took 7000 to lower the crime rate 20% in Washington in 1993 (not that I believe
it) then how many have been meditating in New York to get a 54% reduction?
Erm, none it would seem. So the Marshy Effect either isn't reliable enough to
be tested or is hopelessly inadequate compared to whatever is going on now.
But I can absolutely guarantee they are sending out PR's claiming that the
lower crime is all down to them. We would have been!
From: salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 4:01 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] The Marshy Effect?
After the Big Apple’s 12-day run without killings, experts struggle to find
the reason for a trend repeated across the nation
"Although there was an attempted murder in Queens on Friday that left a man on
life-support, New York has enjoyed an almost unprecedented 12-day streak
without a homicide. While crime statistics are difficult to interpret – violent
crimes such as rape and assault have not reduced so markedly – the trend
overall is repeated across the US. From its peak in 1991, violent crime is down
51%; property crime 4% lower; and murder down 54%.During that same time,
incarceration nearly doubled. The US prison population now stands at 2.4
million – up 800% since 1980 – or roughly a quarter of the world’s total. The
cost? About $80bn a year. The overall cost of the US criminal justice system is
placed at $240bn, or about half of the federal deficit.But according to What
Caused the Crime Decline?, a study published last week by the Brennan centre
for justice at New York University school of law, there is no definitive link
between falling crime and mass incarceration."I'd like to see the daily press
releases the TMO are sending out about this, doesn't look like they are
reaching a sympathetic audience though....
New York’s streets are suddenly safer. Why?
| |
| | | | New York’s streets are suddenly safer. Why? After the Big
Apple’s 12-day run without killings, experts struggle to find the reason for a
trend repeated across the nation | |
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