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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 01:45 PM Original message |
Anyone here affiliated with Landmark Education? |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've done a few |
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KGodel (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. EST? |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. Scientology, minus the Xenu and little alien Thetans crap. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. True, you give them a couple hundred bucks and they do tell you a lot of stuff |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. You seem pretty knowledgable about this group, what did you get for your money? |
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Citizen Kang (424 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. I think he is saying |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Thank you. I put something into this and I did get something out of your reply. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. A few years ago a co-worker used an amazingly hard sell to get me to go. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. ummmm it's not a cult |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Take a chill pill. I didn't compare them, I just said the hard sell reminded me of those groups. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. There's a good reason it did |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Sure, and your post reminded me of an uneducated simpleton |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Quick ad hominem attack--that is the Landmark response to criticism. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. It is kind of humorous in a way, though. When an anti-social personality defends a for-profit... |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. A friend of mine dumped me when I refused the hard sell. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. I finally had to be almost rude to some friends (real estate agents) |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. It's not for you then |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yeah, no kidding it's not for me. Plus one of my friends has spent $5,000 |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Gosh, that's hard to do, and would take some time |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. People spend money on crack and snake oil too. Doesn't mean they get anything out of it. /nt |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 02:12 AM Response to Reply #5 |
43. I refuse to even have the conversation with people any more. |
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TimesSquareCowboy (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. Believer magazine did an article on them a few years ago, you might look that up. |
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KGodel (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yeah, did the search. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Another example of why one should not trust Wikipedia |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. CAN (Cult Awareness Network) is run by Scientology. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Thanks for that link! I remember coming across that site before... |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. You bet. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. Me and a couple of frends |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. A common complaint |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. It was staff |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. First I've heard of it. And, after googling it, and reading reviews from |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
26. It's a cult. Run quickly in the opposite direction. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
29. they sound like a cult that preys on the weak-minded and weak-willed. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Evidently the contrived camraderie & talk-therapy aspect of it is valuable to some people. |
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Citizen Kang (424 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
30. I've taken the Landmark Forum |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Well, |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Yup |
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Citizen Kang (424 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 08:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. except |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. No one is mocking you, we are just stating that it IS a cult, no matter your experience |
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Citizen Kang (424 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. You are entitled to your opinion |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
32. Here's my story... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. what igorance. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 01:51 AM Response to Reply #32 |
42. They probably don't want any liability if they cause someone to have a breakdown... |
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