Theos-Talk Archives (May 2005 Message tt00346)

In a message dated 5/11/05 9:19:36 AM Central Daylight Time, 
kpauljohnson@yahoo.com writes:

<< 
PS-- The largeness of the fundamentalist faction in Theosophy is 
rather hard to determine. I *hope* it isn't large and that Internet 
discussions are not representative of the general population of 
Theosophists.

Paul >>

I have long been of the opinion that the internet managed to transform 
discourse into cacophany. Now, on the surface, this may seem like a bad thing, but 
it has a serious advantage. In a cacophany no individual can be heard, which 
means while the fundamentalists may make a great deal of noise, they are 
actually more easy to filter out.

It is very hard to killfile someone in a meeting room without leaving 
evidence and witnesses.

Still, on rare occasions, they manage to come up with something interesting 
or provide those more rational of us with some entertainment. Of course they 
believe that their every word is inspired wisdom which makes them even funnier.

Chuck the Heretic