Theos-Talk Archives (February 1998 Message tl00159)

    I have been complaining about the word twisting and slander that goes on
here, and people have asked for examples. Ken Malkin has kindly provided me
with an excellent example of the kind of message that appears here that
keeps away those who many of you claim you want to see here:

Ken Malkin wrote:

> Bart, don't you get it, your a member, just another member. Your
> protestations of importance,

    All I have ever claimed is that I give some technical help to Wheaton,
and I am on the Board of Directors of the New York Lodge. Which qualifies as
"protestations of importance"?

> your continually excusing the corrupt
> Wheaton power structure

    If you can prove that the power structure at Wheaton is corrupt, then
why don't you go to court to have them removed, or give your evidence to
someone who can, such as Sy?

> and your silly pomposity

    Please give an example of that.

> does more to illicit
> distrust, frustration, and anger than a note from JA telling us all to
> f--- off.

    So, you are saying that I am the reason for the anti-Wheaton invective
on this list?

> Of course one needs balls to defend openly ones actions.

   In other words, you do not believe that females are capable of defending
their actions?

> Remember the story of the blessings of the big wheels. Bart, your just
> another soul trying to figure it out like the rest of us. Your self
> anointed importance by association with the Wheatonists,  is just
> anchored on feet of clay. Your attitude, reflective of the Wheatonists
> does more to undermined the TSA membership than their aloofness.

    Can you quote a single mention I have given of importance, other than
that of giving them technical advice on their Internet service? Note that I
put myself below Eldon Tucker in importance (as is correct), since he does
far more technical support there than I do.

> Do not underestimate the power of the internet. You may find yourself
> speaking to more people than you can imagine.

   I do not underestimate the power of the Internet. But neither do I
overestimate.

> By the way, is it within the Theosophical milieu to swear false in order
> to  avoid the tax man?

    No. When did you stop beating your wife?

    Bart Lidofsky