--- In [email protected], "markmeredith2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Alex Stanley" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Honestly, I think Barry should reflect the internal dynamic that > > > > causes him to lash out at a calm and rational discussion of TMO > > > > history that may or may not have basis in fact. > > > > > > Wanting to continue to believe that TMers were so > > > important that the CIA was after them transcends > > > True Believerism. That is, even those who have > > > rejected the TM trip still want to believe they > > > were important. > > > > Except that, as I noted a few posts back, virtually > > everyone who wasn't explicitly aligned with the U.S. > > government suspected the CIA was spying on them. > > > > It didn't have anything to do with wanting to believe > > one was important, of course. To the contrary--it > > reflected the common judgment that the CIA was so > > insane it didn't know the difference between what/who > > was important and what/who was not. > > > > > In other words, I suspect that the CIA, like 95% > > > of the world's population, probably was unaware > > > that something called TM even existed. The desire > > > to believe otherwise is in the minds of those who > > > thought TM was important and still want to think > > > that, even if they're not involved with it any more. > > > > It was recently revealed that the Defense Department > > had compiled a list of groups it considered threats. > > Among them were a Quaker group and a vegan group. > > > > When *government* paranoia goes off the charts, as it > > did in the Nixon administration and now with the Bush > > administration, to be spied on by the government is a > > symptom of that paranoia, not of the importance of those > > being spied on. > > I think it's possible the CIA checked out the TMO in the 70s at the > height of its influence - they check out lots of groups. The issue is > whether the CIA conducted a large-scale infiltration with the purpose > of destroying the TMO, as MMY claims, happened. That's getting into > tinfoil hat territory I think. Plus at least 1 of the people MMY > identified as CIA - Roy Bachmeyer - clearly wasn't. How many others > did he point out?? Do any of them make any sense, what was that all > about? >
Well said. Checking out an organisation -- perfectly legal and probably completely within their mission statement -- is one thing; infiltrating and engaging in illegal activities is something entirely different. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
