Actually, make that a total of seven additional links now. John
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Well, this one is continuing to rain headlines. Just added another six links to www.cultnews.net So much to do, so little time ... John
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Hey Sparky, I've lobbed another articles in to the www.cultnews.net site, namely this one and this one. To be honest I'd never head of this group before. Possibly they were just eeking along quietly as a new age wrappered version of the est / Landmark Education large-group-brainwashing thing. Their web site at www.peopleknowhow.com.au goes as far back as 2003. Glad that it
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Reminds me of a joke .... Q. What do you give a man who has everything? A. Penicillin Boom Boom! Thank-you. Thank-you. I'll be here all week. John
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In the very least I'm inclined to ask back with "If it's so special and wonderful, why can't you tell me anything?" ... or ... "Oh. Just like Amway?" :-) John
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Just a side note ... haven't had time to go back and check, but I think there has been discussion of homosexual behaviour as part of some of these weekends. I think it's a Sterling thing. By all means correct me if I am wrong. (So many groups ... so little time ...) Anyway, picking up on the "hating your mother" angle mentioned just above, this sort of thing (abnormal re
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When you come crashing down emotionally, don't forget that we're all here. This may be a speed bump in life, but it's only a speed bump. John
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Perhaps it would be a good premise for a horror movie? <movie voiceover guy> "In a world where things are not as they seem. A young man goes to do a self improvement course ..." John
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Real men defend women and protect children. John
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Hi Lincoln, The next time you get a 'sorry' call, would you be able to ask them why they continue to do these bad things to you? That would be interesting. John
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Must be a very interesting and compelling web site. Are you able to email and ask them what address it is at so we can visit it for ourselves? :-P John
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Anyone for MLM Bingo? Also .... Is it true that you have better odds of making a profit if you are a gambler than working in a multi-level marketing (MLM) business? Click here to see. John
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If they can't tell you up front what the "business opportunity" is, then it might well be dodgy. If they really are making that much money, then they'll be proud to show you their tax receipts as proof that their "business" works. My money would be on them "faking it". And no, they aren't about to suddenly "make it". John
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Good question, and very relevent. Landmark Education is the current name for the Werner Erhard / est movement. Same "technology". Interestingly, Werner Erhard knew L. Ron Hubbard and pinched the bits that he liked out of Scientology to use in what became est. Consequently Werner is now a "suppressive person" which means that he's no longer on their Christmas card
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Interesting. Well spotted! John
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Wouldn't place too much faith in the above (simplistic) article. The last Q&A is wrong. Generating network traffic isn't very taxing on your CPU at all. John
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Don't know of anything like that existing. Would be a valuable thing to have in terms of something that can be read beforehand so that a person who still goes on to do the forum could mentally 'track' through their recollection of the article whilst the sessions are in progress. This in turn could provide the necessary alienation from what is being applied to the crowd by th
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Try "Mellow Out Or You Will Pay". John
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All's well that ends well. John
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Hi Carlos, I think one of the most difficult things to do would be to explain to someone (or show them) that they have been brainwashed as part of what is essentially a large group brainwashing session. I'm not an expert on this, but I can only think of pointing out that when they emphatically rave/speak of how wonderful Landmark has been for them, yet are unable to give specifics or
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The first thing you can do it to help make information available. A lack of contrary information is what groups such as Landmark Education covet ... hence their loud roaring of the legal kind. They especially don't like this video. Plenty of other goodies as well. By all means make your own copies and go for it. Best therapy you can ever have. John
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Verily yay, we clocked over the one million mark at the www.culthelp.info site. (sfx: crowd goes absolutely wild) :-) John
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The root issue for homosexuals and others is that they are emotionally damaged by prior events in their lives in the way that the panels of a car will collect damage along the way. Get enough damage in a car and it will eventually throw off the way it steers when driving. In a person, the emotional damage from a number of events (either trauma or abuse) eventually swings the pendulum of your
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The Mother Jones stuff is always good quality. John
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Getting reports that people are able to access the programme download and transcript from here. Your mileage may vary. Add a reply below if you are successful (out of curiosity). Thanks. John
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This is one of the press releases referred to in the "Background Briefing" documentary on Landmark Education which was broadcast on ABC Radio National recently. John 1998 September 4 Landmark Education press release (Clarification of BW 275) Source: Business Wire September 4, 1998 CLARIFICATION OF BW 275 (LANDMARK-EDUCATION) LENGTH: 206 words SAN FRANCISCO — (BU
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No worries. It's all good. :-) John
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Ka-ching! ....... TRANSCRIPT: THEME Hagar Cohen: Landmark Education is a global for-profit company with courses and adherents in 55 locations around the world, including Australia. The product is personal transformation, and more than one-million people worldwide have already attended their courses. Its critics say they have concerns about Landmark's business model and it
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You never know. Some audio and a transcript may become available. John
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Can't wait! John
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