That’s his way of communicating, I took it as a joke personally.
If you’re suspecting that he’s a stooge for scientology, say it outright. I didn’t really think it was that strange that he mentioned the little details; not to mention that all of us here are pretty well versed in scientology by now.
Oh I agree it’s dangerous. The world is filled with dangerous ideas and pointy bits, we’re all adults here and can make our own decisions without child friendly warnings over everything.
True. Nevertheless I’ve always felt common sense to be a hazy subject. I’d prefer to use the words “personal judgement”. They can use their personal judgement ;) to prepare against the risks in order to get the benefits of the course. Or not. Because this stuff sounds pretty similar to what beginner PUAs are taught, those guys hold courses too, although you might end up paying way more.
I don’t think he’s a stooge, not at all. I think, however, after reviewing the exchange and David Gerard’s input, that he lacked a sort of awareness of what was going on, and didn’t appreciate the dangers others would have in his position.
FWIW, I did read his initial article as, “Go take this Scientology course—the exercises are great, just don’t get sucked into the religion.” Which is a much weaker warning than he now gives.
That’s his way of communicating, I took it as a joke personally.
If you’re suspecting that he’s a stooge for scientology, say it outright. I didn’t really think it was that strange that he mentioned the little details; not to mention that all of us here are pretty well versed in scientology by now.
I don’t think he’s in any way a stooge. I do think he’s got hazardous levels of hubris and I do think his post was a danger to others.
Oh I agree it’s dangerous. The world is filled with dangerous ideas and pointy bits, we’re all adults here and can make our own decisions without child friendly warnings over everything.
If common sense were comparatively robust against mind-control techniques, they wouldn’t be mind-control techniques.
True. Nevertheless I’ve always felt common sense to be a hazy subject. I’d prefer to use the words “personal judgement”. They can use their personal judgement ;) to prepare against the risks in order to get the benefits of the course. Or not. Because this stuff sounds pretty similar to what beginner PUAs are taught, those guys hold courses too, although you might end up paying way more.
I don’t think he’s a stooge, not at all. I think, however, after reviewing the exchange and David Gerard’s input, that he lacked a sort of awareness of what was going on, and didn’t appreciate the dangers others would have in his position.
FWIW, I did read his initial article as, “Go take this Scientology course—the exercises are great, just don’t get sucked into the religion.” Which is a much weaker warning than he now gives.