Theos-Talk Archives (May 1996 Message tl01089)

On Sun, 19 May 1996, Blavatsky Foundation wrote:

> Alexis writes:
>
> >Well, first it was your point that people who are interested or involved in
> >"chasing psychic phantoms", and now it seems that those who are sincerely
> >disturbed by the implications in Institutional Theosophy's Racial Hypotheses
> >are "Theosophy Bashing". I suppose we should have expected as much. I've
> >been dealing for the past 40years, in my capacity as a human rights
> >activist, with people like David Duke and Jerry Fallwell etc. and they all
> >do the same thing, when they don't like the message, they attack the
> >messenger. And that,Eldon, is precisely what you're doing. You don't like
> >the message because it rattles your cage, and so you attack the messenger.
> >Whether the subject is psych ism or racism, Eldon B. Tucker knows best!
> >
> >The total essence of your effusion to Alan is that those of us who are
> >disturbed by the racism intrinsic in the "root Race Hypotheses" just don't
> >understand it, but Eldon B. Tucker does. Alan Bain is not simply a Doctor of
> >Divinity, but a Doctor of Philosophy as well (or perhaps more than one) he
> >is a scholar of some note in the theological Criticism Community, and you
> >presume to tell him he doesn't understand the meaning of the teachings but
> >you do! You ought to be ashamed of yourself! I haven't the slightest idea of
> >your attainments or background though I must say I'm far from impressed with
> >your output, but do you not know that there are several subscribers to this
> >list who are considered to be very distinguished in the field? And yet you
> >presume to claim that only Eldon B. Tucker can understand the teachings? Pshaw!
> >
> >When any institution becomes so encapsulated and crystalized that it
> >produces people capable of totally rejecting dissent, as you clearly do,
> >then that institution is in dire need of "bashing" to break up the
> >encapsulation. You are arrogant and presumptuous, and all you will succeed
> >in doing is driving the dissenter, and I am hardly the only one, further and
> >further into dissent.
> >>
>
> Is Alexis attacking  Eldon?   Instead of showing where Eldon's ideas
> are wrong, why  is Alexis getting personal and bashing Eldon?
>
> Alexis, PLEASE, PLEASE SHOW US THE IRRATIONALITY OF ELDON'S IDEAS.  CONVINCE
> US WITH REASON AND LOGIC.
>
> But please don't bash Eldon personally.  I hope others will speak up.  This
> is very disturbing and I don't think Eldon should be subjected to such
> treatment.
>
> John Mead, is Theos-l to be a forum for personally attacking other people?
>
> Daniel


Anytime we move away from ideas and ideals and start discussing
personalities and persons, then we have a serious problem.

Daniel has rightly posted the messge and I join him 100%.

	....doss