Pacific Northwest Fan Profile Segment
Jan 6, 2008 19:39:25 GMT -5
Post by LWPD on Jan 6, 2008 19:39:25 GMT -5
Pacific Northwest Fan Profile Segment
tinyurl.com/35dbzh
LWPD (this is a short fan profile segment from Don Owens Pacific Northwest Territory circa '82...a look back at the lost era of Kayfabe at a time when 'true believers' roamed throughout the landscape)
"It is futile to judge the viability of a new movement by the truth of its doctrine and the feasibility of its promises. What has to be judged is its corporate organization for quick and total absorption of the frustrated. All active mass movements strive, therefore, to interpose a fact-proof screen between the faithful...and the realities of the world. They do this by claiming that the ultimate and absolute truth is already embodied in their doctrine and that 'there is no truth or certitude outside it'. The facts on which the true believer bases his conclusions must not be derived from his experience or observation...but from holy writ.
In order to be effective a doctrine must not be understood...but has to be believed in. We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand."
-the words of Eric Hoffer from his seminal work The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements...Hoffer's prescient insights provide not only great depth toward understanding the psychology behind large scale action...but also delivers the keys to comprehending the relatively benign con art of Kayfabe
tinyurl.com/35dbzh
LWPD (this is a short fan profile segment from Don Owens Pacific Northwest Territory circa '82...a look back at the lost era of Kayfabe at a time when 'true believers' roamed throughout the landscape)
"It is futile to judge the viability of a new movement by the truth of its doctrine and the feasibility of its promises. What has to be judged is its corporate organization for quick and total absorption of the frustrated. All active mass movements strive, therefore, to interpose a fact-proof screen between the faithful...and the realities of the world. They do this by claiming that the ultimate and absolute truth is already embodied in their doctrine and that 'there is no truth or certitude outside it'. The facts on which the true believer bases his conclusions must not be derived from his experience or observation...but from holy writ.
In order to be effective a doctrine must not be understood...but has to be believed in. We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand."
-the words of Eric Hoffer from his seminal work The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements...Hoffer's prescient insights provide not only great depth toward understanding the psychology behind large scale action...but also delivers the keys to comprehending the relatively benign con art of Kayfabe