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Your sentence is odd. Are you sure you’re Aeolus?

Mii boi, this flamewar is what all true trolls strive for.

(cont from last comment)Unfortunately, I can’t let my aritcle speak for itself, yet, but my diagnosis of Whitley as cult leader” is based on observation at his website. Unknown Country is basically a fan site, and fans, as we know, behave “cultishly” they worship their “leader, and so s/he can do no wrong. The first indication I had of this was when my first aritcle (which included no mention of cults) was received at UC and by Whitley himself, as an attack on Strieber and as “disinfo” why? simply because it wasn’t wholly supportive of him. This impression was later confirmed by observing the “love-bombing” of Whitley at his site. OK so, unhealthy as love-bombing may be (IMO), there’s nothing especially sinister about a writer having a place to talk with his fans and enjoying their praise and support. That is strictly in the realm of the benign sort of cult (William Burroughs was a cult writer, for example) in which a small group of followers exhibit unusually strong admiration/adoration for the object of their worship. Where it becomes more dangerous, and less benign, I think, is when the following has a religious, spiritual, or political dimensions to it, and takes the form of some sort of social movement. This is the case when the writer/leader is offering seeming truths about reality, teachings, practices, instruction, prophecy, and so forth, instead of merely entertainment. (There’s not a clear dividing line, however.)The measure in such cases is what sort of following does the writer or spokesperson attract, how much does s/he encourage (or allow) blind devotion, slavish agreement, credulity, and so forth, thereby failing to encourage independence of thought, and how concerned is s/he on increasing the size of the following, and so on. Questions such as this are essential to determining whether or not a person is abusing their influence and authority, consciously or not.Whitley has repeatedly implied that subscribers to UC are in an exclusive bracket of people who are tuned into higher/deeper truth and reality, and that, because of this, they are on the front line of evolution and have a more or less guaranteed place on the mother ship. He’s even suggested that they have been specially implanted with devices to make them immune to mind control! At which point, isn’t it naive to argue that Whitely is just a very good writer with a devoted fan base?Mike: were you aware that your comment about being swayed by my writing was a very pertinent admission here? It indicates a lack of confidence in your capacity to think for yourself? (I can relate, BTW, so no finger pointing at may end. I was just curious if it was a conscious nod ?)