Jim, what is your definition of "appropriate tenor"?
I was aware of your history with Annie - I read your posts. I replied perfectly civilly. Are you saying that disagreement with you is not "appropriate"?
You appeared to completely discount the possibility that LRH was on a money-grab, I pointed out accounts that indicate otherwise. If you've read them and discounted them, that is fine by me. Thank you for clarifying that.
I was too long in Scn and even longer out of it to be interested in playing the LRH game of altitude. In my opinion everybody's experience and point of view is valid. You have your experience of Scn, I have mine. Mine is as valid as yours.
That is the "tenor" that I feel is appropriate.
All I did was have the temerity to ask you how you could be sure that LRH was not on a mony-grab. What is "inappropriate" about that? My reply
http://www.forum.exscn.net/showthread.php?p=46082#post46082 was perfectly civil and genuine.
I value your replies and input as someone who was close to "Source" for a period of time. That does not imply that I automatically must agree with your interpretation of your experience.
I reserve the right to question any assumptions you make about LRH and Scn.
Thanks Vin. If you are lumping me in with "some critics" I beg to disagree with your analysis of my point of view.
I am perfectly capable of separating Scn theory and application from "Source's" misapplication of it.
In my opinion LRH was one of the worst squirrels and misapplier of Scn tech in the history of Scn. I keep separate the Black Scn that he devised for the GO and such nonsense from the public Scn in the books and lower level courses. I keep separate his SO punishments and controls from the theory of engrams, secondaries and locks and ARC of Scn. I keep separate the relatively non-evaluative lower levels from the rather highly evaluative upper levels.
Basic, public Scn up to Grade 5 contains some fantastic techniques and I am the first to praise the wonderful gains I got from it and produced in others.
In order to clearly unpick the tangled web that LRH wove of Scn, Black Scn, and upper level dramatisation of Ron's interpretation of his own case, I believe it is necessary to see things as clearly as possible. This includes viewing LRH's faults and mistakes as well as we can, in addition to recognising his great attributes.
Criticism of something Ron did is not an A=A with criticism of Scn. It would be a mistake to judge it so.
I will continue to point out any failures on LRH's part to apply Scn basics. This should not be interpreted as a "condemnation" of Scn. It is an A=A to do that.
To steal a phrase from the Gawdfadder, "just when I thought I was out..."
LH,
You have the tenor. I was looking for informed discussion, respect and well presented ideas. The above is all of that. From the above, I see you have seen the stuff work and grant that up to Grade V. That in itself is something we both have seen with our very own eyebones. There it is, the meter is reading, the pc is running and it goes to F/N, wait, wait, there's the cog and the postulate and my isn't that guy happy. Later on he tells you he likes his little brother again. My, it DID work. Then, some failure, some thing didn't turn out. Well, now the invitation to 'well it works some times and he is a dog pc and I can't understand what the hell he's saying on the Laws of L&N anyway, truth be told, and why didn't he write this clearly and he touched his pee-pee and he liked to have sex with MSH and, and, oh my god... I've been decieved!!!!! What about this Aleister Crowley shit too!!!! Is this the devil!!!Holy crap, not only did I not get an F/N, I'm a freakin' Satanist!!! That's not what I signed up for No Sirreee, he's a fargin icehole and I'm fargin pissed!!!!
In any event, keep at it and I hope in the denouement you get all this aligned and hop over the fence. It's pretty cool over here and you are very welcome to come on over. Jimbob