--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mainstream20016" > <mainstream20016@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > *I* think that Doug was just posting a news > > > bulletin, and allowing those who believe that > > > the ME is a real phenomenon to draw their own > > > conclusions from that news bulletin. And I'm > > > pretty sure that MDixon above was making a joke, > > > and didn't mean anything like the stuff I was > > > parodying above. But you know that some folks > > > who post here from time to time are really going > > > to think like that, and react like that. > > > > > > And *that* mindset, that way of thinking, not > > > world peace, is the true legacy of the TM > > > movement. > > > > Hardly. Just because some folks who would like to defend > > the TM Movement might entertain a paranoid-like thought > > to explain how a bank robbery could occur in FF, does not > > validate your proposal that paranoid thinking will be the > > TM Movement's legacy, in spite of the heavy investment TM > > Movement detractors have in predicting such a legacy. > > I actually agree with you, and was indulging in > hyperbole above, to make a point about the levels > of paranoia one occasionally finds in hard-core TBs. > But those hard-core TBs are, fortunately, few and > far between these days, and fewer with every passing > day. I said what I did above to titty-twist a couple > of people here who (I think even you will have to > admit) tend to believe the worst things possible about > TM critics, to the point of sounding like paranoia > incarnate. > > It's actually a toss-up in my opinion as to what the > TM movement's legacy will be. No one can argue against > the fact that Maharishi helped to make mediation a > household word. At the same time, few can argue that > the events of the last few years, with bozos parading > around in robes and crowns and pretending to run their > own make-believe country, complete with its own money, > has possibly turned off more people to the "normality" > of meditation that they ever turned onto it in the > first place. >
How many newspaper stories mention this? I think I have seen, PERHAPS, one. >
