[FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nakedness Before God (was more Chopra)

2005-09-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vashtirama [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: akasha, you'd be great in an upper-level feminist studies seminar. Groups of feminist sex workers have brought up most if not all of your points; so have lesbians who have their own exotic dancer clubs, publish

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Cliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Irrelevant to the point.And none of your business. But it IS the point. Guys who sleep with strippers are contributing to the weird sexual distortion. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[FairfieldLife] Re: strippers

2005-09-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I knew a woman in Fairfield who became a stripper. She enjoyed dancing and she enjoyed showing herself off, so stripping was a perfect fit, so to speak. Based on the reports of the women I've sat and talked to in such

[FairfieldLife] Re: ADM X2 Dual Core Processor 4400 2MB L2 Cache

2005-09-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread Cliff
So exotic dancers should all be celibate? You're not making any sense. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Cliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Irrelevant to the point.And none of your business. But it IS the point.

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread off_world_beings
But it IS the point. Guys who sleep with strippers are contributing to the weird sexual distortion. How quaint. Makes me feel nostalgic for a time that might have been but never was. (big kiss on the forehead , goodnight, sleep tight) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nakedness Before God (was more Chopra)

2005-09-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vashtirama [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My greatest concern is that the most money girls are able to make is by doing sexwork. The assumption is that the great pay is a stepping stone for those who don't want to be doing it their whole life--just so that

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[FairfieldLife] Re: ADM X2 Dual Core Processor 4400 2MB L2 Cache

2005-09-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you have heat problems with all that speed? I have a fast PC (forget the speed and it's turned off at the moment) with hyperthreading and when it heats up, the CPU fan sounds like a jet engine. So I put several more

[FairfieldLife] Re: Barry Long ... What it is to die (as I'm seeing it)

2005-09-13 Thread jim_flanegin
Thanks for posting this. Kind of eerie to read such a clear account of the impending death of the body. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Posted to another chat: What it is to die (as I'm seeing it) A revealing article on the meaning behind death

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] , non-hung-up-about-sex women who are using the clubs to pay for a good education and a future. If there is any exploitation going on, it is of the men, not the women. The women are paid very well, both by the clubs

[FairfieldLife] Re: Robertson Blames Hurricane On Choice Of Ellen DeGeneres To Host Emmys

2005-09-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Turns out this was a spoof. Hard to tell these days. You thought

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] Exactly. Those who are reacting to strip clubs as negative are uncomfortable with their selves, and projecting it outwards. Or have a more subtle viewof the world than some who claim vast spiritual prowess.

[FairfieldLife] Rick, please ban OffWorld for his lewdness

2005-09-13 Thread off_world_beings
Rick, please ban OffWorld for his grossness and lewdness. ...from OffWorldBeings. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nakedness Before God (was more Chopra)

2005-09-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vashtirama [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: akasha, you'd be great in an upper-level feminist studies seminar. Groups of feminist sex workers have brought up most if not all of your

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Cliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So exotic dancers should all be celibate? You're not making any sense. Some of them are. They tend to be the least messed up and come out of the profession less messed up as well... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: strippers

2005-09-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shall I add strippers to the list of recent topics in the FFL description? That'll attract some interesting new members. How 'bout this confessional: I was a stripper for the TM movement. Well, I was. A

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread anonymousff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] Exactly. Those who are reacting to strip clubs as negative are uncomfortable with their selves, and projecting it outwards. Or have a more

[FairfieldLife] Oink...brahmacaryaM pushpa-gandhash ca?

2005-09-13 Thread cardemaister
Does celibacy make a bloke smell (like) G?D ? Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM

[FairfieldLife] Serpents, Spirals and Prayers

2005-09-13 Thread sanjulag
This was put together by me. Hope it is enjoyed. === Serpents, Spirals and Prayers - A Journey Through Symbolic Forms in Jewelry === Going through regular monthly cycles, the moon inevitably came to

[FairfieldLife] HILARIOUS!!! (was Re: Nakedness Before God)

2005-09-13 Thread TurquoiseB
Cliff: I have a hard time seeing the difference between Judy wanting to tell a woman what she can and cannot do with her body in a strip club... Judy: You're as bad as Barry, Cliff. I NEVER said or suggested anything of the kind. ... Cliff: Yes, Judy. The whole world, in fact, is ganging

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Cliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Irrelevant to the point.And none of your business. But it IS the

[FairfieldLife] National webcast Sept 29 - does brain get damaged from work?

2005-09-13 Thread Ron F
News Center Does the workplace damage your brain? Mon 12 Sep 2005 09:37 am CST IOWA (myDNA News)   To learn more visit myDNA's Mental Health Center  Read More Everyone is aware of the damage job stress can do to the heart - consider the elevated risks of hypertension, cardiovascular

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Cliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I've known a number of women who either had been or were then currently strippers. I'm curious - you seemed to have been saying that my (or

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread Vaj
On 9/12/05 7:00 PM, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know this is a fictional account, but I do believe in a large number of cases it is an accurate picture, watch a couple of Soprano episodes. The mob runs their act

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread Vaj
On 9/12/05 7:09 PM, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sorry, but the idea that in this day and age there are still intelligent people who have to be educated as to how strip clubs exploit women as sex objects is just too depressing to contemplate. Amen. It's almost not worth

[FairfieldLife] Re: Serpents, Spirals and Prayers

2005-09-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sanjulag [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This was put together by me. Hope it is enjoyed. === Serpents, Spirals and Prayers - A Journey Through Symbolic Forms in Jewelry

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread Vaj
On 9/12/05 7:57 PM, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I have said, I am open to the possiblity that contemporary dancers in modern US club are exploited, but I have yet to see any compelling evidence of such. If there is such evidence in abundance, I have been inept in finding it.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Question for Experts in Vedic Culture

2005-09-13 Thread Vaj
While I can't say I'm an expert in Vedic culture my guess would be that since Mahesh was not from a twice-born caste he could NOT become a swami and therefore could not wear the saffron robes...but he could and did become a brahmacharin and thus wore white. It's a caste thing. On 9/12/05 8:57

Re: [FairfieldLife] Question for Experts in Vedic Culture

2005-09-13 Thread Peter
This has always been my understanding too. MMY is not a Brahmin and therefor can not become a sannyasi and wear orange. --- Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While I can't say I'm an expert in Vedic culture my guess would be that since Mahesh was not from a twice-born caste he could NOT become a

[FairfieldLife] Objectification vs. exploitation (was Re: Nakedness Before God)

2005-09-13 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know a guy who worked for a while at a Wal-Mart distribution center in Raymond, New Hampshire. ... My friend was reviewed periodically

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread Vaj
On 9/12/05 11:03 PM, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's interesting. the dark side of these people who try to pass themselves off as the latest guru. That tendency (to declare

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread Peter
--- anonymousff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] Exactly. Those who are reacting to strip clubs as negative are uncomfortable with their

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread Peter
--- off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/12/05 11:03 PM, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's interesting. the dark side of these people who try to

[FairfieldLife] Objectification vs. exploitation (was Re: Nakedness Before God)

2005-09-13 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Moral of the story, Patrick? Your friend never HAD to work at Wal-Mart... YOU don't HAVE to shop there... And strippers do NOT have to take their clothes off. Didn't I arrive at those conclusions? Obviously I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread Vaj
On 9/13/05 7:33 AM, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vaj, I like you, but I have to wonder whether you have actually ever *been* to a strip club. Yes! Yes, it's sad that our society is so sexually biased that one of the only options women who don't want to work for low pay have

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nakedness Before God (was more Chopra)

2005-09-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vashtirama [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: akasha, you'd be great in an upper-level feminist studies seminar.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread Vaj
Holsopple, Kelly.  1999. Stripclubs According to Strippers. Making the Harm Visible: Global Sexual Exploitation of Women and Girls, eds. Donna Hughes and Claire Roche, Kingston RI: Coalition Against Trafficking In Women. The Glamorous Life of the Stripper Excerpted from a 1999 study by Kelly

[FairfieldLife] HILARIOUS!!! (was Re: Nakedness Before God)

2005-09-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cliff: I have a hard time seeing the difference between Judy wanting to tell a woman what she can and cannot do with her body in a strip club... Judy: You're as bad as Barry, Cliff. I NEVER said or suggested

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/12/05 7:00 PM, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip OK. Now I get you. Its a beautiful argument. US dancers, in modern clubs, are exploited because less than half of congress are not female. Ok I am indeed

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/13/05 7:33 AM, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip The people being controlled and dominated and subjugated are the *men* around the stage. And *every* woman who works at one of these clubs knows it. Some

[FairfieldLife] HILARIOUS!!! (was Re: Nakedness Before God)

2005-09-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Uh, Judy...Cliff's not me. I'm not him. I think you owe him an apology. But thank you for proving my point about your current level

[FairfieldLife] HILARIOUS!!! (was Re: Nakedness Before God)

2005-09-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Uh, Judy...Cliff's not me. I'm not him. I think you owe

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip And to go back to an earlier topic, why was the Cosmo nude centerfold of Burt Reynolds such a sensation when it was first

[FairfieldLife] HILARIOUS!!! (was Re: Nakedness Before God)

2005-09-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of these days you're going to swing your dick one too many times, and it's going to come off. At least for once you are being honest about what really motivates you in these tirades. :-) Buh-bye...

[FairfieldLife] HILARIOUS!!! (was Re: Nakedness Before God)

2005-09-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of these days you're going to swing your dick one too many times, and it's going to come off. At least for once you are being honest

[FairfieldLife] Re: National webcast Sept 29 - does brain get damaged from work?

2005-09-13 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron F [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: News Center Does the workplace damage your brain? Mon 12 Sep 2005 09:37 am CST IOWA (myDNA News) To learn more visit myDNA's Mental Health Center Read More Everyone is aware of the damage job stress

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: ADM X2 Dual Core Processor 4400 2MB L2 Cache

2005-09-13 Thread Rick Archer
on 9/12/05 11:52 PM, akasha_108 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you have heat problems with all that speed? I have a fast PC (forget the speed and it's turned off at the moment) with hyperthreading and when it heats

Re: [FairfieldLife] Did you know...

2005-09-13 Thread Rick Archer
on 9/13/05 12:16 AM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...it was so cold in southern Saskatchewan in January 1938 that cattle had to walk while they peed, so that the icicles they made didn't freeze them to the ground? Sounds like the cold in Jack London's To Build a Fire - great short

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: ADM X2 Dual Core Processor 4400 2MB L2 Cache

2005-09-13 Thread Rick Archer
on 9/13/05 12:02 AM, akasha_108 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How long does it take you to run a [EMAIL PROTECTED] data unit? I just installed it 3 hours ago!! :) Actually, I have not done the seti thing. I should --

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: ADM X2 Dual Core Processor 4400 2MB L2 Cache

2005-09-13 Thread Rick Archer
on 9/13/05 1:16 AM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you have heat problems with all that speed? I have a fast PC (forget the speed and it's turned off at the moment) with hyperthreading and when it heats up,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Rick, please ban Off World for his lewdness

2005-09-13 Thread Rick Archer
on 9/13/05 1:22 AM, off_world_beings at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick, please ban OffWorld for his grossness and lewdness. ...from OffWorldBeings. Tell him to wash his mouth out with soap next time he's stripping in front of the bathroom mirror. Yahoo! Groups

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread Peter
This study supports the anecdotal experience of several exotic dancer clients I've had. They all hated the work, had very negative feelings toward men. They only did it for the money and because it was quick and offbook. But is it exploitive? I see exploitation as a matter of degree. Yes, it is a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Rick, please ban Off World for his lewdness

2005-09-13 Thread Peter
--- Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 9/13/05 1:22 AM, off_world_beings at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick, please ban OffWorld for his grossness and lewdness. ...from OffWorldBeings. Tell him to wash his mouth out with soap next time he's stripping in front of the bathroom

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread Peter
Yes, Vaj and I used to hit the Pop-a-Top in Ottumwa. --- Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/13/05 7:33 AM, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vaj, I like you, but I have to wonder whether you have actually ever *been* to a strip club. Yes! Yes, it's sad that our

Re: [FairfieldLife] Rick, please ban Off World for his lewdness

2005-09-13 Thread Rick Archer
on 9/13/05 9:54 AM, Peter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 9/13/05 1:22 AM, off_world_beings at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick, please ban OffWorld for his grossness and lewdness. ...from OffWorldBeings. Tell him to wash his mouth out with soap

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rick, please ban Off World for his lewdness

2005-09-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 9/13/05 9:54 AM, Peter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 9/13/05 1:22 AM, off_world_beings at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick, please ban OffWorld for his grossness

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread Vaj
On 9/13/05 10:57 AM, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, Vaj and I used to hit the Pop-a-Top in Ottumwa. That is, until I perfected the X-ray vision siddhi ;-) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make

[FairfieldLife] Just FYI, Rick

2005-09-13 Thread TurquoiseB
When I click the Photos link I get an error. This has happened on other Yahoo forums I've been part of when the number of photos exceeded the maximum storage capacity alotted to the group. The other groups often remedied this by deleting the large versions of older photos. Then again, it

[FairfieldLife] Objectification and De-objectification of Women

2005-09-13 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FYI, the women I talked to at the strip club in Detroit *were* my friends. ... I was interested in *them*. ... I was sorta like their pet, their artist- in-residence, like Toulouse-Lautrec was in Paris or Hokusai

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: strippers

2005-09-13 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shall I add strippers to the list of recent topics in the FFL description? That'll attract some interesting new members. How 'bout this confessional: I was a stripper for the TM movement.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Objectification and De-objectification of Women

2005-09-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FYI, the women I talked to at the strip club in Detroit *were* my friends. ... I was interested in *them*. ... I was sorta like their

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just FYI, Rick

2005-09-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We were over quota and I just deleted an image to bring us under again. I wish they'd give us more than 30 Mb in this age of free gig email accounts. What I was talking about earlier was the small size/full size

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Objectification and De-objectification of Women

2005-09-13 Thread Vaj
On 9/13/05 12:29 PM, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or, as was actually done here, from TV and movies. That's the closest that a lot of people have ever gotten to one of these clubs. Just because I mentioned _The Sopranos_, a very realistic portrayal, as an example, don't take that to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Objectification and De-objectification of Women

2005-09-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I am guessing judy's view is imagination based also, but I invite her to explicitly dewscribe what she thinks a club looks like and what happens inside. If you think my view of strip clubs depends on what I think

[FairfieldLife] Re: ADM X2 Dual Core Processor 4400 2MB L2 Cache

2005-09-13 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, it just arrived via Fed Ex. I going to fire that baby up.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Objectification and De-objectification of Women

2005-09-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip But I think the real issue is that most Americans look down on strippers and other sex workers. They're just trying to hide their own prejudice behind the claim of exploitation and pretending to be outraged about

[FairfieldLife] A Man of Fairth speaks ou

2005-09-13 Thread johnlasher20002000
Dr. Robin Meyers speaking at Oklahoma University Peace Rally. (He is a minister of Mayflower Congregational Church in Oklahoma City, an Open and Affirming, Peace and Justice Church in northwest Oklahoma City, and professor of Rhetoric at Oklahoma City University.) Tonight, I join ranks of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Objectification and De-objectification of Women

2005-09-13 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I am guessing judy's view is imagination based also, but I invite her to explicitly dewscribe what she thinks a club looks like and

[FairfieldLife] Re: ADM X2 Dual Core Processor 4400 2MB L2 Cache

2005-09-13 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL

[FairfieldLife] Re: Objectification and De-objectification of Women

2005-09-13 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip But I think the real issue is that most Americans look down on strippers and other sex workers. They're just trying to hide their own

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question for 'Experts' in Vedic Culture

2005-09-13 Thread Robert Gimbel
In the same way as other's describe; Maharishi is not born of a brahman family; but is Kyastra; warrior caste; And perhaps he stood out, even in the early days; With Guru Dev; that he would be the one to go out; And be the destoyer of ignorance; Which his name: Mahesh also is a derivative of

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Cliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I've known a number of women who either had been or were then

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/12/05 7:09 PM, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sorry, but the idea that in this day and age there are still intelligent people who have to be educated as to how strip clubs exploit women as sex objects

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/12/05 11:03 PM, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's interesting. the dark side of these people

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] The people being controlled and dominated and subjugated are the *men* around the stage. And *every* woman who works at one of these clubs knows it. Some actually get off on the level of control they have over the

[FairfieldLife] Re: ADM X2 Dual Core Processor 4400 2MB L2 Cache

2005-09-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 9/12/05 11:52 PM, akasha_108 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you have heat problems with all that speed? I have a fast PC (forget the

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread Cliff
You prefer looking at women's bones as opposed to their breasts, do you? H Maybe Peter would have somethiing to say about that. :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/13/05 10:57 AM, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, Vaj and I used

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Lennon said it when he said Woman is the nigger of the world. OK. So how does that make a case that US dancers, in modern clubs, are exploited. This seems to be something you need to look into yourself if you have

[FairfieldLife] Re: ADM X2 Dual Core Processor 4400 2MB L2 Cache

2005-09-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 9/13/05 1:16 AM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you have heat problems with all that speed? I have a fast PC (forget the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Objectification and De-objectification of Women

2005-09-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I am guessing judy's view is imagination based also, but I invite her to explicitly dewscribe what she thinks a club looks like and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Objectification and De-objectification of Women

2005-09-13 Thread Vaj
On 9/13/05 1:37 PM, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For Vaj, his view appears not-empirically based, or if it is, I am guessing its 20-30 years old. Which means that it has little to do with modern upscale club reality. And he appears highly influenced by media, fictional representations

[FairfieldLife] Re: Objectification and De-objectification of Women

2005-09-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/13/05 1:37 PM, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For Vaj, his view appears not-empirically based, or if it is, I am guessing its 20-30 years old. Which means that it has little to do with modern upscale club

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/12/05 7:09 PM, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sorry, but the idea that in this day and age there are still intelligent people who have to be educated as to how strip clubs exploit women as sex objects

[FairfieldLife] Re: Objectification and De-objectification of Women

2005-09-13 Thread Cliff
Oh come on, Judy. Your put-downs are awfully weak today. Didn't sleep well? Where's the true spitting venom you displayed so exhuberantly last night? Your fans will be disappointed... :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Objectification and De-objectification of Women

2005-09-13 Thread Cliff
Be careful, Akasha. You'll be accused of being a stupid, awful, terrible, did-I-mention-stupid clone of Cliff shortly... :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread Vaj
On 9/13/05 2:48 PM, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Lennon said it when he said Woman is the nigger of the world. OK. So how does that make a case that US dancers, in modern clubs, are exploited. This seems

[FairfieldLife] Re: Objectification and De-objectification of Women

2005-09-13 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/13/05 1:37 PM, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For Vaj, his view appears not-empirically based, or if it is, I am guessing its 20-30 years old. Which means that it has little to do with modern upscale club

[FairfieldLife] 'In Praise Of President Bush/Taking Responsibility'

2005-09-13 Thread Robert Gimbel
Our "Baby Boomer" generation; Has been branded, in the past; For being irresponsible; And perhaps President Bush; Had developed that habit himself; Nonetheless, it is heartening to hear; That he has decided to take responsibility now; As this is the ground on where to begin an honest

[FairfieldLife] Re: Objectification and De-objectification of Women

2005-09-13 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip But I think the real issue is that most Americans look

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread Vaj
On 9/13/05 2:58 PM, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice dismissive answer. Now can you go beyond that and actually make a factual, current data and/or observation case as to why strip clubs exploit women as sex objects. Read the brief study abstract I posted. If you don't get it after

[FairfieldLife] Re: Objectification and De-objectification of Women

2005-09-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I am guessing judy's view is imagination based also, but I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Objectification and De-objectification of Women

2005-09-13 Thread anonymousff
Just popped in to take a break and look around. Found this thread. Just curious if Akasha and others might address the question of why he/they experience such strong emotional energy around this subject as to feel compelled to write long defenses of his/their positions or critiques of others'.

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'In Praise Of President Bush/Taking Responsibility'

2005-09-13 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our Baby Boomer generation; Has been branded, in the past; For being irresponsible; And perhaps President Bush; Had developed that habit himself; Nonetheless, it is heartening to hear; That he

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Chopra

2005-09-13 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/13/05 2:58 PM, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice dismissive answer. Now can you go beyond that and actually make a factual, current data and/or observation case as to why strip clubs exploit women as sex

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Objectification and De-objectification of Women

2005-09-13 Thread Peter
--- jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip If there is an issue here, it is how sexual images stimulate the draw of the senses, relative to the inner state of the mind. If the mind is weak, it is drawn out easily by the senses, obsessed by all of the tantalizing pleasures of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Objectification and De-objectification of Women

2005-09-13 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you think my view of strip clubs depends on what I think they look like and what happens inside--other than women dancing nude for

  1   2   >