Theos-Talk Archives (April 2004 Message tt00499)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Eldon B Tucker" <eldon@t...> 
wrote:

> I tend to see the mailing list as being more successful when 
there's a
> wide range of views expressed and people are continuing to talk to 
each
> other. It starts to fail when all but one viewpoint are silenced or 
when
> everyone's at war with everyone else. 

Eldon:

In spite of your wise and sobering words I feel that when you have 
postings like

"Stating the plain fact that Leadbeater was a degenerate fag 
pedophile, that he was a fraud, that he was a pathological liar, and 
that his books are - all of them - completely worthless except for 
something for new puppies to pee on, is simply being honest."

the possibility of meaningful exchange of ideas comes to an end, imo.

Vicious attacks and repeated character assassination of a man, who 
didn't have the accusations against him conclusively proven, and of 
his literary contribution which has helped thousands in every 
continent, over a century, to come to a wider perception of life, 
many of whom, including myself, proceeded to study the foundational 
texts of Theosophy, stifles, imo, the very air in which the 
theosophical spirit lives and breathes.

Let me wish you and those interested in exploring the deeper aspects 
of Theosophy happier threads.

Pedro