--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I really don't know what to think when I read stuff > like this. Unlike many, I was never a Hindu wannabee > when I was part of the TM movement. I didn't believe > then that poor kids bought off the streets with the > promise of three square meals a day chanting verses > in a language they don't understand could affect the > world terribly much, and I don't believe it now. > It's all far too Woo Woo Ray for me. > > But congrats to the TMO for finally -- *once* -- doing > what they said they would do. I know that many, like > Roses-coloured-glasses here and Jim, will be projecting > all their fantasies onto these kids, hoping that the > magical Woo Woo Rays will "transform" the world. Me, > I'll be looking to see how this whole experiment works > out. Will poor kids brought to America be content with > living in seclusion in the land of milk-white breasts > and honey-colored Cadillacs, or will they start sneakin' > out at night for a little taste of what most Indians > I've ever met are *really* interested in? What will > happen if they do? (I think we all know the answer to > that one -- Maharishi and the TMO will react with swift > and sure vengeance, and try to strike the fear of God > into these kids and make them "toe the Vedic line.") > > All in all, it'll be a fairly interesting experiment to > watch. I think the most telling thing so far is the > plan to cut funds to Westerners and use Settle's grant > to pay for the "outsourced" butt-bouncers, almost cer- > tainly *while* using them as fodder to inspire a whole > new set of demands for funds from the Westerners. It's > a scenario just *designed* for the TMO -- they get to > use Somebody Else's Money to pay for the room and board > for "Maharishi's Kids," while he gets to do telethons > to raise additional millions of dollars, not a penny > of which will ever go their way. > > And all the while, the HIndu wannabees will be mood- > making a mile a minute, seeing the world through their > Roses-coloured glasses, seeing nothing but what they > want to see, insisting that this imported pool of cheap > labor really *is* saving the world through the power of > their Woo Woo Rays. *However* it turns out, it'll be > a real circus, top-notch entertainment. But what I'm > waiting for is what happens the first time one of these > kids decides to say, "Fuck this chanting shit...I'm > gonna go into town and knock me off some booty." Now > *that* will be entertainment... > > I want to know if they got in with H1-B visas as spiritual programmers. Or could they be the beginnings of a new fund raising caste?
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