Subject: Re: LANDMARK BRAINWASHING From: SamOLSamOL@aol.com Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 00:43:52 -0500

Status: RO
X-Status: A

Rex,

First of all, I want to let you know that I appreciated what you posted.
 Your communication was interesting, informative and articulate.

The only concern I have is for the two portions which I have exerpted below
which read:

<< Peace in the Middle East was actually initiated by Landmark
Graduates who were able to have leaders from the various countries choose
the values that empowered them while allowing them to let go of beliefs
designed to disempower others. >>

<>


Although what you say *may* be accurate, and I have no reason to doubt you,
you are most certainly going to get *a lot* of "flaming" on these statements.
 You may want to be prepared to back up (with evidence) what you say here
*or* be cautious in the future to not say something *of this nature* for
which you have no evidence.  It *could* damage your credibility.

I'm not sure your first statement *can* be backed up with evidence.  I think
people may have difficulty with the word "initiated" as attempts to bring
about peace in the Middle East were initiated *well* before Landmark, est,
(and probably you or I) were on the planet.  Although I have no doubt that
people who have done the Forum have made an enormous contribution to a
relative "peace" in the Middle East, what "I hear" you saying  tends to
negate the contributions of the hundreds of thousands of non-Forum graduates
who, in many cases, gave their lives in the service of peace in that area.
 It also seems a bit naive to think that *one* specific event, or *one*
specific person or group of people had *the* causative impact in the matter.

The second statement may have some validity; however, my problem with what
you say is that your statement again credits the contribution of a Landmark
graduate *above* and *distinct from* the contributions that other people made
in the work that you are speaking about.  And I personally find that to be a
detrimental way of looking at and speaking about what Landmark graduates are
doing and have done.

And I would also suspect that there may be Forum graduates who have gone on
to do some pretty terrible things in the world (although I have no direct
evidence for this).

My last point here is that what people have done *after* participating in
Landmark and its programs really only says something about who *they*
are...not about Landmark.  If they want to credit their ability to have
produced a particular result to their participation in Landmark's courses,
they of course have earned the right to do so.  For someone like you or like
me to give the credit to Landmark, is *at best* not useful.

Regards,
Sam 

From SamOLSamOL@aol.com Mon Apr  8 12:17:21 1996
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