Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 14:37:38 -0500
From: GalileoII@aol.com
Message-ID: <960302142629_158272572@emout05.mail.aol.com>
To: orgonomy@jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU
Subject: Re: Response 
Sender: owner-orgonomy@jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU

At about the same time that I was composing my long "Greetings, Emotional
Plague Sufferers" posting regards DeMeo's "Response," Jogg was apparently
also writing his letter suppotring Michael Clements, which included the line:

<<Criticism is not always the 
emotional plague but rather a heathy discourse in the realm of knowledge.>>

Different styles, but two ways of saying the same thing.  Apparently we were
both thinking and writing about the same issue at the same time.  How's that
for synchronicity?

Thanks to Jogg for reminding us that there is much more in orgonomy than just
cloudbusting.  Given what we've witnessed recently, his association of
cloudbusting with power-hungry character types is insightful and worth
noting.

Thanks, also, to Jogg for pointing out what appears to be an outrageous
tendency by DeMeo, on one hand, to so boldly take credit for a cloudbusting
project that was allegedly instrumental in bringing about the Middle East
peace talks, but, on the other hand, to ignore, or to downplay, his
responsibility for creating havoc and causing loss of human life.  There is a
certain selective perception going on here that I find a disturbing trait in
someone empowered with the technology to manipulate global climate.  

Regrettably, such a trait has been revealed by the reactions we have all
witnessed following Joel Carlinsky's triggering post several weeks ago.
 Apparently, those who support DeMeo are good; those who do not are sick with
the emotional plague.  Look how easily DeMeo would dismiss those of us who
will even listen to an opposing point of view!  What kind of self-serving
logic is at work here?

Joel Carlinsky may not have the most ideal character references; he may not
be the world's most credible witness.  But his personal imperfections by
themselves don't mean that we should entirely dismiss the charges he laid at
DeMeo's doorstep, nor that we should accept DeMeo's word as final.  

It's obvious that these two people are bitter enemies, fighting over what can
be considered responsible implementation of Reich's work in weather
modification, among other related issues.  However, it would be foolish to
consider either adversary all good or all bad.  I, for one, consider neither
individual capable of speaking the Gospel truth.  Each has a way to present
materials to suit their own agenda, and that may involve some distortion of
the complete, true picture.   

(For those who may be interested, however, Carlinksy does appear to have
considerable knolwedge of ecological issues, as well as some evidence and
documentation to back up his critiques of DeMeo's work.   I have recently
looked it over and found it fascinating.  To obtain xeroxed copies of
information that is pertinent to the discussion he triggered a few weeks ago,
you can write to Carlinksy at the address he posted then.)

Whichever side we listen to --and, in principle, I think there is merit in
listening to both sides--I suggest that caution ought to be the watchword, 

Furthermore, as I intended to communicate  in my companion posting,
"Greetings, Emotional Plague Sufferers," I think we should be extremely wary
of anybody who attempts to suppress, intimidate, or neutralize those of us
who are open-minded enough to monitor, and comment upon, the dart-throwing
from both sides.   Attempting to silencing one's critics strikes me as an
especially violent tactic, even if it does with a highly sophisticated form
of name-calling, like saying one's critics suffer from an "emotional plague."
 Such a tactic deserves no respect; I intuit that it exists only in the
arsenal of someone who may be too arrogant to admit his own limitations.

Will we see an apology?  Hah!  There'll most be likely rain in the desert
first.  


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