Theos-Talk Archives (January 1997 Message tl00370)

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> From: Tom Robertson <mdmgyn@worldnet.att.net>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <theos-l@vnet.net>
> Subject: Re: the Boston Lodge (Regarding hardline arguments - reply to
> Date: Sunday, January 12, 1997 9:35 AM
> 
> There is a significant moral difference between "flame-bait," which, as
far
> as I can tell, merely means "whatever the majority disagrees with," and
> "flames," which are patently the antithesis of what is conducive to a
> spirit of brotherhood.  Disagreements do not affect civil discussion.
> Personal attacks do.  That you approve of personal attacks made by those
> with whom you agree and disapprove of those who disagree with you means
> that you sanction, and therefore deserve, to be personally attacked
> yourself. . .  .  

Me?!! I'm never personally attacked because I have an Attack-O-Meter
attached to my computer.  If one nasty post flies in from cyberspace, 
a buzzer goes off and I immediately delete it.  Each unwanted message
is accompanied by a small demon symbol on the screen.  They be gone in
no time short.
> 
> The blindness to the distinction between an evil spirit and disagreement
> that this statement reflects is astonishing.  Come to the Seattle Lodge
of
> the TS some time.  

Are you sending me a plane ticket?  First class, please.

>There, you will see all conceivable disagreements freely
> expressed, particularly in the way those who have been members for almost
> 80 years . . . 

Eighty years!!  Did they join at birth?

> go out of their way to encourage newcomers to say whatever they
> think (with, of course, the important caveat that Alice Bailey's name
never
> be mentioned, since, after all, this _is_ the TS, and we have our limits)

Boooooooo :-(  Can I come over some
time and start spouting Bailey to make trouble?  Can I bring Cosimano?

> with never a sign of any kind of personal insults of which you are so
fond.
> It makes this list look like a war zone.  And the last thing it is is
> BORING.  THAT is my idea of brotherhood.

Well, whoopee for you, big boy!

BTW, did I actually get your complete post?  Was there something missing?

-AEB