I agree with you. Many, not all though, of the AMT people have "ruined" FFL. Other than my joking posts, I rarely post anymore. --- Paul Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When I first came to FFL it was because I wished to > contact Richard > Williams (because he seemed the most prominent voice > of those looking > for answers about Maharishi). Well, I was politely > pointed in the > direction of AMT. But whilst here I noticed it was a > pretty orderly > restrained sort of a gentleman's club sort of > atmosphere, with some > well-reasoned and polite debate going on. I was glad > I had found FFL. > They marshalled their arguments with information > that they had worked > hard to find. I cite L B Shriver in particular, not > because I agreed > with his viewpoint, but he actually bothered to > research before he put > forward his thoughts. > > Well, at Google AMT I attempted to level with those > who had unfairly > criticised my bio, only to find the criticism was > founded on ignorance, > the critic had not actually read the book, and > someone else just > assumed they knew what they were talking about, so > more uninformed > criticism! > > That was my introduction to TM forums. After a time > I mentioned FFL at > AMT and Uncle Tantra (Turquoise) migrated to FFL and > it seemed that > things at FFL were thereby improved, not that they > needed to really. > However, something else happened, there was a change > in the ethos, for > the worse. This might have been the time that > certain other individuals > turned up too, but it soon turned into what AMT had > been, a playground > without any supervision. That would have been fine > of course if things > had stayed playful. > > Interestingly, the deterioration in the standard of > debates where the > postings are now usually reduced to personal > insults, racism, the use > of hate vocabulary 'evil','wicked', 'rakshasa' 'dog' > etc etc. has meant > that there is no longer any real point in > contributing. > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the > enhanced email design. > http://us.click.yahoo.com/kOt0.A/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/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 > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html
