TOS #2
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:47 pm
Hi all,
I'm still quite glad to have found this forum, but there are some things that bother me. What I loved most about eSangha was that it was a 100% brainwash free environment where all sorts of teachers and teachings could be discussed freely, honestly, openly and rationally. Here at DW however I have the impression that most critival discussions are interrupted by ppl using certain brainwash arguments like
I don't know how you guys feel about this, but I currently find it annoying to deal with this all the time, which is also the main reason why I did not engage in the discussion about Ole Nydahl's teachings anymore during the last couple of weeks. Sooner or later I will take that topic up again, but currently I don't have the energy because there's a lot of things I have to deal with in my real life right now and I can't afford to waste time.
The same thing seems to happen in all critical discussions not only about ON, but also, e.g., about Michael Roach.
Shouldn't the TOS contain some kind of anti-brainwash formula that explicitly states that the above listed topoi are considered a form of disruptive behaviour? Maybe like this:
R'n'R
I'm still quite glad to have found this forum, but there are some things that bother me. What I loved most about eSangha was that it was a 100% brainwash free environment where all sorts of teachers and teachings could be discussed freely, honestly, openly and rationally. Here at DW however I have the impression that most critival discussions are interrupted by ppl using certain brainwash arguments like
- critizising a teacher and/or his teachings is negative speech
- the person uttering the criticism must have negative intentions
- ...and/or does not have the pure view
- the criticism is hurting the feelings of ppl who believe in that teacher and therefore the line of argumentation must not be continued
- etc. etc. etc....
I don't know how you guys feel about this, but I currently find it annoying to deal with this all the time, which is also the main reason why I did not engage in the discussion about Ole Nydahl's teachings anymore during the last couple of weeks. Sooner or later I will take that topic up again, but currently I don't have the energy because there's a lot of things I have to deal with in my real life right now and I can't afford to waste time.
The same thing seems to happen in all critical discussions not only about ON, but also, e.g., about Michael Roach.
Shouldn't the TOS contain some kind of anti-brainwash formula that explicitly states that the above listed topoi are considered a form of disruptive behaviour? Maybe like this:
best wishes,2. Do not be disruptive
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R'n'R