tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4392162987997980937.post2672797606861753502..comments2023-10-06T03:44:23.385-07:00Comments on Commonwealth & Commonwealth: Another Burst Of Nostalgia From Captain ColossalCaptain Colossalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02713053731307487088noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4392162987997980937.post-20988607450713564182007-08-24T16:08:00.000-07:002007-08-24T16:08:00.000-07:00Okay, then.Okay, then.LOTUSVILLEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07426257307863958975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4392162987997980937.post-81651247759174494152007-08-24T15:10:00.000-07:002007-08-24T15:10:00.000-07:00Interestingly, Germany does not take kindly to cul...Interestingly, Germany does not take kindly to cults. There has been some recent press lately about a proposal to even outright ban Scientology in Germany, because many politicians there do not think of it as a religion, but rather as a money-making organization. At one time Landmark Education was involved in a similar type of classification by the government in Germany.<BR/><BR/>Here is some more information on the history and background of Landmark Education. Peruse at your leisure:<BR/><BR/>Landmark Education is conducted in a <B>Large Group Awareness Training</B> setting, information about it and its "The Forum" course, previously known as "The Forum" under Werner Erhard and Associates, the "technology" of which was developed by Werner Erhard and utilized in his prior "EST Training" or "Erhard Seminars Training" - is available through the links below:<BR/><BR/>A documentary came out in France, <A HREF="http://www.rickross.com/reference/landmark/landmark220.html" REL="nofollow">Voyage to the Land of the New Gurus</A>, which details some of the for-profit company's interesting practices. The film aired to 1.5 million people in France. One month after it aired, the company shut down in France. The company attempted to use the Digital Millenium Copyright Act in order to get this video off the internet. More about this at <A HREF="http://www.cultnews.com/?p=2189" REL="nofollow">Landmark Education stumbles stupidly to hollow settlement</A>, <A HREF="http://www.cultnews.com/?p=2176" REL="nofollow">Landmark Education wants to make French news report a “forbidden video” on the Net</A> and at <A HREF="http://www.cultnews.com/?p=2124" REL="nofollow">Why did Landmark Education leave France?</A> as well as at the Electronic Frontier Foundation's legal page, <A HREF="http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/landmark/" REL="nofollow">Landmark and the Internet Archive</A> and in an article from Reuters which went into The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times, among many other papers, at <A HREF="http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2006-11-11T122922Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-275857-1.xml" REL="nofollow">Google faces legal challenges over video service</A>. <BR/><BR/>Landmark Education has been labeled <A HREF="http://www.rickross.com/reference/landmark/landmark220.html" REL="nofollow">"sect" by the government of France</A>, a <A HREF="http://www.unhcr.org/home/RSDCOI/450fb0b1a.html" REL="nofollow">"sect" by the government of Austria</A>. They were investigated multiple times by the <A HREF="http://www.metroactive.com/landmark/landmark1-9827.html" REL="nofollow">United States Federal Department of Labor</A> - and an investigation in 2004 by the Federal Department of Labor in France led to Landmark Education <A HREF="http://www.rickross.com/reference/landmark/landmark227.html" REL="nofollow">shutting down their operations in all of France</A> due to unpaid labor practices.<BR/><BR/>Landmark Education is currently a <A HREF="http://www.cultnews.com/?p=1594" REL="nofollow">defendant in a wrongful death case in Oklahoma</A>, and also a young man named <A HREF="http://lgattruth.blogspot.com/2006/11/missing-james-brian-rowe.html" REL="nofollow">James Brian Rowe went missing in Colorado</A> directly after attending a Landmark Forum in 2004. His family has not heard from him since.<BR/><BR/>More information about the company's history itself, at <A HREF="http://www.rickross.com/groups/landmark.html" REL="nofollow">The Rick Ross Institute</A>, the <A HREF="http://skepdic.com/landmark.html" REL="nofollow">Skepdic site</A>, <A HREF="http://www.cultnews.com/?cat=81" REL="nofollow"><I>Cult News</I></A>, <A HREF="http://www.rickross.com/reference/landmark/landmark193.html" REL="nofollow">Introduction to the Landmark Education litigation archive</A>, <A HREF="http://www.rickross.com/groups/landmark.html#Litigation" REL="nofollow">Landmark Education litigation archive</A>, <A HREF="http://www.apologeticsindex.org/l30.html" REL="nofollow">Apologetics Index</A>, and <A HREF="http://www.caic.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=8&id=73&Itemid=12" REL="nofollow">Cult Awareness and Information Centre</A>. The book OUTRAGEOUS BETRAYAL by Steven Pressman is also a great resource. <A HREF="http://perso.orange.fr/eldon.braun/awareness/door2.html" REL="nofollow">Chapter 4, A Door to Door Mind Salesman</A>, and <A HREF="http://perso.orange.fr/eldon.braun/awareness/pressmn1.htm" REL="nofollow">Chapter 7, Enlightenment in Two Weekends - The est Training</A> are available online.<BR/><BR/>For more information about other <B>Large Group Awareness Training</B> organizations and their methodologies, visit:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://lgattruth.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">The Truth about Human Potential Seminars</A>GuruTruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17342952332962188557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4392162987997980937.post-27755500153001194382007-08-24T14:02:00.000-07:002007-08-24T14:02:00.000-07:00I'm sure you know this, but Berlin and Los Angeles...I'm sure you know this, but Berlin and Los Angeles are officially <A HREF="http://www.lacity.org/sistercities/html/13.htm" REL="nofollow">sister cities</A>. L.A. has a number of sister cities, but the similarities to Berlin struck me as well. They're both sort of sprawling and flat, with sort of pathetic rivers, with lots of grime up against gleaming new stuff. <BR/><BR/>I'd say the two cities are about even on the attractiveness of their respective populations. Their zoo is better than ours. Their museums are much better than ours. Our bean and cheese burritos are significantly better than theirs. Historically, there have probably been fewer Nazis in L.A. We've both hosted the Olympics. The gummy bears are fresher there.LOTUSVILLEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07426257307863958975noreply@blogger.com