Correction: In my previous message, I meant to say "that _many_ of the messages in this forum have nothing to do with the TMO..."
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, scienceofabundance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I certainly agree with Doug that most of the messages in this forum > have nothing to do with the TMO, and I think that most of what > sparaig, authfriend, and some others post is total drivel. > > However, I am against censorship of these people in the forum. [The > other extreme to what is happening here can be seen in Fairfield > Community Kiosk, where everything must go through Sharalyn Harris > (who used to post to this group), and then she decides if it should > be posted or not. Of course, no self-respecting adult would go > along with this, so the result is that 95% of the posts on the group > are by her; her posts are almost all announcements freely available > in many other places and the remaining 5% of postings are > announcements from others, and there is no discussion of any kind. ] > > My solution (i.e. what I do) is to look at the posts on the FFL web > page, and simply decide by looking at the title or author of the > posts if I want to check them out. Usually, this will result in me > ignoring about 90% of the posts, but it is not a big deal. It is > like going out into a city street and focusing on what you want, and > ignoring the rest. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "chaim_laib" <chaim_laib@> > wrote: > > > > Doug > > > > Thank you SOOOOOOOOOOOO much for saying this. > > > > This group, FFLife, is essentially nearly meaningles. > > > > A few people have come over from alt.med.transcendental and have > > clogged it with hundreds of worthless posts on a daily basis, > nearly > > none of which have anything at all to do with either Fairfield, TM, > > consciousness, or anything related. That is not to put the blame > > totally on them, but a lot of it is them. I won't mention names. > You > > can view the list of names either on the website or in your email > boxes. > > > > Some of what is posted here is consciousness/TM related. But most > of > > it is completely inane and pointless on this forum. > > > > I have often wished I could simply delete this entire group and > let it > > start over and to limit the conversation to meaningful FFLIfe > materal. > > And to limit the seeming worthless drivel that some, like sparaig, > > contribute here. It's a constant barrage of one line emails, > sometimes > > as many as 30 in a row. Maybe he does have some good things to > say, > > but he says so many things that eventually he gets ignored by most > > people lurking. > > > > IMO, it would be better to have far fewer posts, like hundreds > less, > > and have the posts that are made be meaningful. We used to have a > > couple of handfuls or so of posts per day and the content was > limited. > > It was much more meaningful. > > > > Yes, I know Judy, in particular, will have sa lot to say about > this. > > > > But for those people who have posted here and been members years > ago, > > will know exactly what is meant. > > > > Thanks for saying this Doug, GREATLY appreciated. > > > > CL > > > > > > > > Nearly every single worthwhile poster has fled the group, and > > > > > > > > > > > > I have lurked on this site for years, and have seen ti > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" > > <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > Did i miss something? Ah, what the hell does the Jonbenet murder > > > have to do with FFL? > > > > > > May be that point here comes close to FF or FFL, about habeaus > > > corpus. An editor of a FF newspaper then (19th century) was > > > arrested, sent off to prison in the DC area and NY and later > > > released in that late civil disturbence of the rebellion. The > guy > > > probably deserved it. Lincoln was wise in that and skated a > line. > > > Liberty and Union afterall. > > > > > > But really, what does the Jonbenet murder have to do with FF and > > > FFL? A little more explicit intellectual work and writing on > the > > > part of posters? Are there other groups for this other stuff? > > > > > > Rick Archer seems too damn permissive and liberal as owner and > > > moderator of FFL and should kick some of these imposters off of > FFL > > > for flooding it with such unrelated to FFL shit. Flex some > muscle > > > Rick and make these imposters at least take the time to relate > this > > > stuff to FF or FFL and not just let some presumed connection as > > > license for , or else give them the hank. Without some self- > control > > > or better self-editing, then drop a few people for not following > the > > > the FFL guidelines. Amusing too so many do not live here in FF > or > > > even meditate who fill this place up with unrelated stuff. > > > > > > -D ub FF > > > > > > 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/
