Theos-Talk Archives (May 2001 Message tt00084)

In bootleg trading we set up distribution trees. It's very effective -
people are either leaves or branches - branches are able to suuply
leaves with copies (in bootlegging terms perfect digital copies).

Btw, did my post about vasectomies go missing? It was a serious
question. 

Nos



##-----Original Message-----
##From: ramadoss@infohwy.com [mailto:ramadoss@infohwy.com] 
##Sent: Sunday, 13 May 2001 11:23 AM
##To: Theosophy Study List; theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
##Subject: Theos-World Re: more censorship of theosophical publications
##
##
##While this problem needs to be addressed, one possible quick 
##solution is to 
##develop a network of interested people who have access to 
##Internet and also 
##are willing and able to print and mail hard copies. Not only 
##this will 
##speed up distribution but also avoid the kind of problems mentioned.
##
##___MKR___
##
##
##At 04:37 PM 5/12/01 -0700, you wrote:
##>There are more problems with THE HIGH COUNTRY THEOSOPHIST, edited by 
##>Dick Slusser. I have received two more messages that 
##indicate that its 
##>overseas copies are not being delivered.
##>
##>It's bad that delivery of the magazine is getting held up. 
##It's worse 
##>that there has been no notice sent to its editor that this has been 
##>done. (Here's another situation where the Internet is a 
##positive force, 
##>since it supports the free flow of information worldwide; 
##things like 
##>this would be difficult, if not impossible, on the Internet.)
##>
##>Although we can do good work to present the positive and 
##useful aspects 
##>of Theosophy, there will always be people with other views 
##whom chose 
##>for reasons of their own to oppose it. Honest oppostion 
##through debate 
##>and dialog is useful to all. Dishonest opposition, like what 
##seems to 
##>be happening here, should be condemned.
##>
##>-- Eldon
##>
##>----
##> > Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 04:34:18 -0600
##> > From: Dick Slusser
##> > To: (subscriber in England)
##> >
##> > I am quite certain by now that the April hct is being held up by 
##> > British authorities, so I yesterday sent an additional 
##copy to you 
##> > via air mail. So far, we have no indication that our air mail is 
##> > being tampered with. My expectation is that the May hct and all 
##> > subsequent issues will be intercepted until an 
##investigation is made 
##> > into the matter and an official protest is made.
##> >
##> > At this time, surface mail delivery of the April hct has been 
##> > intercepted for the following subscribers (there may be more):
##> >
##>
##>Two subscribers in England, one in Wales, another in Germany 
##are listed 
##>here.
##>
##>----
##>
##> > From: Ernest Pelletier
##> > Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 16:36:56 -0600
##> > From: (subscriber in Canada)
##> >
##> > Neither the April nor May issues have arrived here in Edmonton, 
##> > Canada.
##> >
##> > I am greatly concerned regarding the seeming problems 
##developing in 
##> > Colorado and in England.
##> >
##> > As you know the FBI did a thorough investigation of 
##Theosophy years 
##> > ago. They did not find any subversive activity by 
##theosophists or 
##> > Theosophy against the government as far as I am aware. The 
##> > investigation was instigated as the result of the 
##assassination of 
##> > Robert F. Kennedy. Sirhan E. Sirhan, the accused killer of 
##> > Kennedy, had come in contact with theosophy through his 
##> > German-American employers who were associated with the Pasadena 
##> > group.
##> >
##> > Apparently upon being jailed he had asked for some occult reading 
##> > material which included some of Mme. Blavatsky's 
##writings. It was 
##> > this so-called connection which created a great flurry 
##amongst the 
##> > various government and other agencies.
##> >
##> > The John Birch Society, CBS and NBC television networks, Time 
##> > magazine and Newsweek all became involved as well. It 
##was alleged 
##> > that Mme. Blavatsky had written a "Manual for 
##Revolutionaries" and 
##> > that she had been an apt instructor in political murder. The 
##> > existing manual of that name was researched and found in the New 
##> > York Library and the Library of the University of California at 
##> > Berkeley and written by two Russian anarchists, Nechayev and 
##> > Bakunin, who both died respectively in 1883 and 1876.
##> >
##> > By the time corrections could be aired on national 
##television Martin 
##> > Luther King's assassination was included as part of the all 
##> > inclusive plot. The damage to Mme. Blavatsky's 
##reputation and to 
##> > the Theosophical movement in general had been done.
##> >
##> > We can all see how false innuendoes and allegations can quickly 
##> > spawn fear which breeds hatred into ignorant minds. In 
##future, in 
##> > our magazine, FOHAT, we will publish more details about this 
##> > important incident.
##> >
##> > Here in Canada our mail is opened by Canada Post 
##indiscriminately. 
##> > At one time the post office was operated by the government. Some 
##> > years ago the government decided to privatize these 
##agencies. Even 
##> > the federal taxation department underwent a similar 
##process. Now it 
##> > is run by "Canada Customs and Revenue Agency". The names are 
##> > disguised to give the impression that they are operating directly 
##> > under government control, much the same as the Federal Reserve in 
##> > the United States.
##> >
##> > Now we have private companies with indiscriminate powers 
##which can 
##> > open up any mail (and then charge us an additional $5.00 fee for 
##> > opening it in addition to the Goods and Services Tax 
##(GST) [surtax] 
##> > which applies if any cash value is involved). National 
##security is 
##> > given as the reason for this further erosion of our freedoms here 
##> > and in the US as well.
##> >
##> > I hope things don't get too serious. We don't need this 
##kind of bad 
##> > publicity in Canada.
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