Theos-Talk Archives (April 1996 Message tl01414)

Alexis:

>We were Christened "The Gang of four", which is certainly not a
>compliment, by one of the group to which I referred. That we have
>chosen to flaunt the insult, I do not feel to be a bad thing.

In a posting where you mentioned that you and three others on
the list where supporting a certain position, I coined the
term "gang of four" with intended humor. The four of your seemed
to like the term and you've already had one outsider join, making
five!

Somehow you've decided to take it as an insult and carry it with
bitterness, when you only would have had to ask me what did I
mean by the term! It certainly was not as strongly worded as
a Chuck-ism...

Also, you seem to be putting me in a group with others with
different views and approaches to Theosophy. The only thing
that we may have in common is to believe that it might actually
be true. Should that be so remarkable on a list that would
call itself theosophical?

Why all the us-versus-them polarizations? I'm not taking sides nor
seeing battle lines drawn. I respond to various people and postings,
or make original postings of my own, as I feel an interest and
attraction to do so. I'm not operating out of some crusade to make
things a certain way.

-- Eldon

P.S. When I was trying a cut-and-paste in constructing this
message, it somehow escaped before it was fully edited...