Theos-Talk Archives (February 1997 Message tl00386)

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> From: JRC <jrcecon@selway.umt.edu>
>
> On Sat, 15 Feb 1997, Ann E. Bermingham wrote:
> > If the letter, or any piece of information, was published on
> > on theos-l, there is the question of whether it was worth the effort.
> > That is because there are a grand total of 128 people subscribed to
> > theos-l, at the last count.  And some of these may not be sympathetic
> > to your cause.
> >
> > If your aim is exposing someone or revealing the truth, then these
> > 128 or so people would have to pass it on to their friends, lodges and
> > study groups, who would then take it up with others.  That is, if they
> > even are members of any or even belong to TS!  You would have to
> > form a network beyojnd the Internet to truly make a difference.
>
> Ann ...
> 	Well, I'm not so sure. The numbers are small, but a number of the
> most well known and well connected are on this list - either speaking or
> lurking.

(She gasps.)  I had no idea I was mingling in cyberspace with the great
and the near-great.  My inklings of hob-nobbing with TS celebrities came
only from my banter with the Babe.  ;-)

>I know from my own point of view, *most* significant information
> that comes across this list I pass on to other Theosophists in my region -
> its been quite eye - opening for some of them to hear the kinds of
> discussions that go on. In my own case, anyway, I'm not a single 1 of that
> 128, but rather the conduit through which at least a dozen people are made
> aware of things that they otherwise simply would not have been aware of,
> and I wonder whether this is more the norm than the exception. I guess I
> kind of feel, sometimes, as though the effects, impact, and importance of
> this list may be considerably greater than most of us suspect.
>
I'm glad to hear your feedback, JRC.  It gives me some idea of what is
going on and what could be.  I'm only a conduit for one person.
I have an envelope full of printouts of posts to give to that person
when I see them.

I tend to be intensely practical, always wanting to see how ideas are
manifesting in the "real" world - hence my skepticism.  It is a trait
that has irked others in both TSA and the LCC.

-AEB