Turning persons into action figures.
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The Anticult Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > (EXCERPT for educational research) > > Quote: "The articles also reported the allegations > of a former student, Alan Steele, who said that > More coerced students into prostitution and > provided them with LSD and other illegal drugs". > My understanding is that Alan Steele bro
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You're doing great work, much better than the media on this topic, so don't think nobody has noticed. Couple notes: 1. Expecting actual journalism from bloggers is pointless. Not that all bloggers are bad, that is not true. But things like Gawker, and hell Yahoo news, have completely dropped the bar and it is perennial amateur hour. Writing itself has been devalued and in the int
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and that is another sad example of a writer who is completely unable to "investigate" OneTaste as the Gawker article claims. (of course Gawker is doing it simply for 'clicks' for their business). One has to wonder, why only people with absolutely no experience and no training in the new "persuasion techniques" write these pieces on OneTaste, and other groups like
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corboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "Once I got to the conference, though, it was > clear that the only way to witness the Group OM > was to participate. " > > > t-1445204953 > > This is Google's cache of > > t-1445204953. It is a snapshot of the page as it > appeared on Jun 19, 2014 06:56:12 GMT.
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A summary from Nymag, and they make the point that OneTaste and Daedone are "monetizing orgasms", and making people dependent on an external organization and external people, instead of themselves. (which of course is how they make money off it). Except that they say cult experts have linked Daedone to Baranco, which is false. OneTaste's own PR people stated... "...OneTa
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(EXCERPT for educational research) Quote: "The articles also reported the allegations of a former student, Alan Steele, who said that More coerced students into prostitution and provided them with LSD and other illegal drugs". Lafayette Morehouse, Inc. v. The Chronicle Publishing Co. (“Morehouse I”) Cite as: 37 Cal.App.4th 855, 44 Cal.Rptr.2d 46 LAFAYETTE MOREHOUSE, INC.,
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To see some photo's of Vic Baranco, search google images for: Victor Baranco to see a very apparent used-appliance salesman who decided instead of selling appliances, he's sell access to sex. WARNING: be aware that you will see disturbing images of a middle-aged man posing in Guru pajamas, tracksuits, and shirtless on pillows with young women.
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STATE v. BARANCO NO. 16911. 884 P.2d 729 (1994) 77 Hawai`i 351 STATE of Hawai`i, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Victor W. BARANCO and Cynthia A. Baranco, Defendants-Appellants. Supreme Court of Hawai`i. November 15, 1994. Peter C. Wolff, Jr. of Hart & Wolff, Honolulu, for defendants-appellants. Don Fudo, Deputy Prosecuting Atty., City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu, for plaintiff-
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Google is quite useful...Using the Google date-specific advanced search, you can see that there seems to be only one mention of Nicole Daedone being a follower of Victor Baranco before October 2008 when it was posted in this thread. Re: One Taste, Nicole Daedone, Victor Baranco Date: October 23, 2008 08:24AM "She segued into the sensual realm in 1998 when she joined a community t
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In Google, if you start to type in the words... OneTaste San Francisco... Google then gives you the word... cult ...automatically. Because that is the top search, and the top word used in articles on OneTaste. Everyone suspects its a type of sex-cult. Again, which is why OneTaste are themselves using those terms to target their Marks, people who think that a "sex-cult"
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There are many bars and clubsin technology savvy cities that now prohibit patrons from bringing in gadgets such as "Google Glass". Even many strip clubs are prohibiting their use. Privacy is like money. Never more valuable than when lost. 10 Places You Can't Use Google Glass - MashableApr 25, 2013 ... Strip clubs already ban recording devices for obvious reasons. Sinc
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Another point. If you become involved with OT, how can you be sure your confidentiality will be protected? Later in life, you may be offered job opportunities that require security clearances. You may be engaged to be married and your past flirtation with One Taste might become an embarassment. Another point. Suppose you yourself are famous and or have brag worthy connection
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Notice this thread identified the Victor Baranco sex-cult roots of One Taste years before the media. And also identified the bald-faced lies by the leader of One Taste on that issue. Bald-faced brazen lying is generally a "clue" something is amiss...ya think? Its shocking and unbelievable the level of brazen propaganda being sold by One Taste to the credulous "media" in v
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Here is a post quoted from a former member of One Taste. ------------------ OneTaste Posted by: CuriosityKilledTheCat () Date: July 20, 2013 04:07AM As a former member a particular chapter of the OneTaste cult, my advice to anybody joining would be to steer clear of the faculty. If you want to try out the techniques then that's fine, but define your boundaries at the outset and
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All of the warning signs for the One Taste sex-sect were there in neon-lights. Here is a link to the main thread on Victor Baranco, Lafayette Morehouse,Nicole Daedone, One Taste - cults? Nicole Daedone, founder and CEO of OneTaste, San Francisco, Reese Jones
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An additional page of earlier entries from this thread
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Is confidentiality protected in these kinds of 'cutting edge' groups? Are you given signed statements that your confientiality will be protected. That you will not be filmed or voice recorded without your permission? Anyone who wants to educate themselves as to the kinds of questions to ask when researching any sort of in-group that claims it is cutting edge, and re-arranges sexua
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Some old but informative posts earlier in this thread and this
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All kinds of projects are out there. These days one can be made to feel inferior if one doesnt want to follow a dare.
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July 19th 2013, a post was made by a new visitor to the Ross Instiute message board on this topic.
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More information on purchasing power around 1970-1972. In his biography, Sammy Hagar tells us his expenses in 1973 in the San Francisco Bay Area -- right where Baranco was purchasing houses and charging $200 a month room and board to those wanting to live in his communes--plus expecting them dibate labor fixing up his properties. (See above) Hagar tells us: Quote"I got my $ 5,000. I
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According to the article in Mindfuckers, (page 112) "full time residents pay $200 a month rent, wgucg entitles them to room and board, parties, affection, and the opportunity to restore dilapidated houses for Victor." Besides rental fees, $384,000 a year, the Institute also collects money from some 70-odd weekly courses at $45 each." (Mindfuckers was published in 1972.) So
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QuoteIt is clear, further, that (the function of rhetoric) is not simply to succeed in persuading, but rather to discover the means of coming as near such success as the circumstances of each particular case allow Aristotle "He'd sell you a rat's ass for a wedding ring." Attributed by some to Damon Runyon. Rhetorical Situation: You are in possession of the nether
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Many, including Baranco's young disciple, assume rhetoric is the "art of persuasion". Here is what Aristotle says. Baranco may have given that young man partial information about rhetoric and let him believe that was complete information about rhetoric. Here is what Aristotle, the most influential classical authority on rhetoric said about the subject. And Aristotle would ha
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Sounds like these alleged "writers" at whimsymedia.com are either totally naive, completely incompetent in "journalism", or simply work in advertising directly, (or through brown envelopes full of cash), and publish the press release of whoever pays. When cults use sex to manipulate people, that is very dangerous territory. Worse, when they use sex to lure vulnerable peopl
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Definition of perfect is no need for further change. Complete. Going by this text, Baranco re-defined 'perfect' as capable of further change. Which loaded the language by taking a word (in this case perfect) and redefining it to mean its opposite. In this article, The Siren Call of Modern Pied Pipers Quotehttp://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:iaT3QtodOIwJ:
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Victor Baranco's Flash to Perfection May 1966 Vic, realizing he was the perceiver and judge of his experiences and thereby the creator, concluded that he was perfect, and everybody and everyone else was too. Further that perfection includes the potential for change. Note that this is a twist on language. The commonly accepted definitions of 'perfect' imply completion,
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Nearly forgot. Here is information about a co ed Naked Yoga class. Dunno if its still being offered. This two posts were from 2008. To get the live URLs click on the thread. Quote The Anticult wrote: I don't know, call me old fashioned, but this sounds like a Swingers club for urban yuppies. CO-ED NAKED YOGA. Well these folks know how to sell the people what they want. ______
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Send a message to Bay Area Reporter and Tell 'Em to Read Rick Ross Message Board Nothing Mentioned About Victor Baranco ---------------- Slow Sex author reveals tips for womenNEWS-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published 02/09/2012 02/09/2012 by Heather Cassell heather@whi
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