All I can tell you is.... that information is.... classified.Victoria Steele wrote:I still haven't gotten any answers from Paul about what Morgan is doing now, where his career with this "intelligence network" led him.
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All I can tell you is.... that information is.... classified.Victoria Steele wrote:I still haven't gotten any answers from Paul about what Morgan is doing now, where his career with this "intelligence network" led him.
Mark, you have put your finger square on the weakness that from the very beginning has threatened to undermine this entire undertaking.Mark Culpepper wrote:Isn't that where we ALL are regarding what you have told us so far about Linda Brown herself? We don't know her. We haven't met her really, yet you tell us she exists and she has special knowledge and has been the source of so much of your material.
Checked out? As in "corroborated by a second source? Ha. The disturbing fact is, there are too often no corroborating sources.So, have the things Linda has told you in confidence checked out?...Are the things you have been telling us being verified though other avenues? How much of it has been taken on pure faith. I suspect that you have made that leap but still might not be wanting to admit to it.
the information that she has given you must be checking out, otherwise I am sure there are many out there who would be immediately responding "WAIT, WAIT, WAIT ... YOU ARE INCORRECT!"
It's about time somebody asked that question.grinder wrote: Following what you said here. How do we know what Paul is saying is correct or not regarding Townsend Brown?
A better question might be "if what I've written about Townsend Brown IS based on "faith" in the material and sources, THEN what DO we really have?? A "faith based" biography? Is that really a biography? Welcome to "Defying Gravity: The Hearsay Universe of T. Townsend Brown.So what I am saying here Paul is, if you don't have any faith in the information coming to you from Linda or whoever you considered your primary source here, what do you really have? I am figuring that "primary source" was Linda, who else would it have been?
The first-person accounts of Linda's own life -- i.e. the "Morgan/Linda" thread -- I do believe to be entirely reliable. And I say that not based on "faith," but on the fact that the "Woodstein" standard can be applied: I have had the benefit of two corroborating sources (Linda AND Morgan). But as you're starting to realize, much of the "behind the curtain" stuff is coming form other sources. And while they may take considerable umbrage at my saying so, their reliability is, as you've suggested, strictly a matter of 'faith.'I am figuring that "primary source" was Linda, who else would it have been?
By all means, please, be my guest. Look hard. Look VERY hard. Don't take ANYTHING I've said here for gospel. Like I said in the reply to Mark, a good deal of what I've said here is just "what I've been told."No matter, if there is doubt coming from you, maybe we should look harder too?
I think the stuff that Linda has shared in which she was an actual participant is reliable enough. She maintained extensive "real time" journals for many years, so I don't think "selective memory" is really a factor. And, as stated, there has been some corroboration of those stories from a second source.Can Linda prove everything she may have told you? Are there sources that will back her versions up? If not, then what?
Translation: I am slow to make journalistic "leaps of faith." That's a problem?Chris Knight wrote:In any case, Paul sometimes leads himself to believe that if he doesn't have all of the information, then he can not make a connection.
I'm curious to know where you think I've done that to a fault.However, he tends to sell himself and his efforts short, and sometimes falls into the trap of giving "I guess so.." answers to questions.
Fair enough, I just wondered if there were any examples of what you were alluding to.Chris Knight wrote:Absolutely, you have been very thorough and I don't think you have erred on the side of caution. I don't think anyone will be able to call you on anything you have written.
I do appreciate that. But, you know, when you're alone in the garret all day, sometimes it takes an extra effort to keep your ego in check...I do think you sell your writing talents short, though. Perhaps you are a better writer and researcher than you give yourself credit for
I like that; it made me smile! And the Townsend Brown story has certainly picked up speed!Paul S. wrote:...
I guess the upside of traveling in uncharted waters is that nobody can tell you that you're off course. Or, as I once heard somebody on a racing yacht exclaim, "never mind our course, look how FAST we're going!"
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I kinda liked the bumper sticker I saw somewhere recently that said "Carpe Man~ana!" (no way to get the accent over the "n").LongboardLOVELY wrote: Carpe Diem!
Victoria.Victoria Steele wrote:Mikado,
Morgan has apparently has been helping Paul with all of this difficult -to -find information on Dr. Brown. And Paul is saying NOTHING about him currently.
Now you have to admit, for a girl like me, with more than a passing interest in this Morgan fella, thats almost too much to resist.
You are good at figuring things and you said you read most of the chapters. So Mikado, what do you think that Morgan is doing now? and a good one! WHY? WHY? Victoria