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Malcolm, the idiot son of a tyrant.

   He is not the sharpest bulb in the knife draw, but idiot may be a little harsh.   If I could nail a quarter mil  a year running my Dad's business I would do it in a heart beat.

You have Joe near on the money.  I would add "petty" to tyrant just because I am a vindictive son of a bitch.

my contention that Hyde School is a cult.

"Cult inexactly refers to a cohesive social group devoted to beliefs or practices that the surrounding culture considers outside the mainstream"

"A little-known example is the Alexander and Rollins, 1984, scientific study concluding that the socially well-received group Alcoholics Anonymous is a cult,[2] yet Vaillant, 2005, further concluded that AA is beneficial. [3]"


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult


"A cult of personality is the same as from general hero worship in that it is specifically built around political leaders. However, the term cult of personality is often applied by analogy to refer to adulation of non-political leaders; an argument could easily be made, however, that the only notable differences to be found between the terms "hero worship," "cult of personality," or even, more simply, excessive admiration are largely in the context of the person making the accusation."

One of the examples in a guy named Joe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_personality

there was something at Hyde that caused these two .....

  I don't think there is a cause and effect relationship.  Success at Hyde predisposes one to enter into a similar relationship with an authority figure where that figure brings you into a set of beliefs that are in opposition to those generally held by the rest of the culture, if the individual found pleasure in that relationship  What are the effective differences between Hyde's '70's "National Commitment"  and the RSE "Great Work"?   If you liked NC whats not to like about the "Great Work"?   That is why Hollywood makes sequels   Jesus and the apostles may have been the prototype.  The original is always the best in my book, with the possible exception of Derek and the Dominoes cover of  Little Wing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Wing
 Didn't Paul play Jesus in some production?

Yes as a matter of fact.  You could sub a guy with a comb over and golf pants for the clown,

Jeff Knight, JZ's former husband, recorded this as a warning to other RSE students in 1992.  I'm not sure about the details yet, but apparently she was totally screwing him over in a divorce proceeding at the time or shortly after this time as well.

The video was allegedly never made public, for reasons I'm not entirely clear about, and he ended up dieing in 1994 from complications due to AIDS.  This video is dedicated to his memory.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 7972&hl=en

 
I read some where that Ramtha told him to imagine his way out of AIDs
Life is but a dream but you still have them banks on the side.

So what is Paul doing now if he is no longer working for Knight?  Head of School for the Bath campus?  Maybe he can use some of those "Master Skills" and fill all the first year student slots.

life is but a dream


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row,_Row,_Row_Your_Boat


  If you see a Polar Bear
  don't forget to scream.

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Boopsie no longer shares her body with the channeled 25,000-year-old warrior Hunk-Ra

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http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/thecast/boopsie.html

Could you please tell me what this has to do with Hyde School?

  Vanda's recent graduation leaves me with questions about Hyde. Does Hyde endorse Knight/Ramtha?  Did Hyde just not know about Paul and Vanda's involvement and if so doesn't that belie Hyde's self proclaimed value of  diploma if they are willing to give them out with out even a cursor background search.
  I am really a live and let live kind of guy and I don't want to seem judgmental, but the Ramtha thing really does smell kind of culty and an odd cult at that.  With that said if that is what does it for you it is still mostly a free republic, go for it.  Hyde holds itself up as a paragon of virtue, I am not sure how being involved in something like that squares with the Hyde ideals. So Like I said: questions.  
  While the hydies pursue this forum I know it is below their standard to reply here, so I know no answer will be forthcoming.

yours ever so egocentrically

JoeSoulBro