From: John Velez <jvif@spacelab.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 03:10:50 -0500
Fwd Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 12:50:50 -0400
Subject: Re: Strieber On Father Balducci

>Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 07:46:19 -0400
>To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net>
>From: Bob Shell <bob@bobshell.com>
>Subject: Re: UFO UpDate: Re: Strieber On Father Balducci

>>Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 14:31:54 -0500
>>To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net>
>>From: John <jvif@spacelab.net>
>>Subject: Re: UFO UpDate: Strieber On Father Balducci


>>It is _painful_ posts such as these that make me rue the day I
>>'came out' publicly as an abductee. These guys are an
>>embarassment. I almost hate to respond to  because it's always
>>interpreted as one "camps" opinion about another "camp." I just
>>can't let garbage like this go by unflagged though. Please, do
>>not interpret my opinions as "in-house fighting" or more
>>ufologists feeding and tearing apart other ufologists.

>>That is _not_ where I'm coming from at all.

>>John Velez- comments to follow. Read on at your own risk.

><snip>


>>John Velez, (speaking for myself)

>Yo, Bro John.

>ROFLMAO!

>Talk about hitting the nail on the head.

>Why this is just the perfect time to mention our Beyond Roswell
>CD ROM on sale now at better CD vendors everywhere.  You will
>find Msgr Balducci prominent in his lack of mention in our
>appendix.

>Bob

Hi Bob, hi All,

What really gets me by the ya-ya's is, the more unadulterated BS
one puts out there the more 'popular' and financially rewarded
you become!

example:

If I was to don some robes and start ringing bells and burning
incense (while accompanied by Hopi elders) and openly proclaiming
the coming of the Kingdom of the Space Brothers, I'd have a
bigger following and popularity rating than Clinton got after the
American people found out he was boinking interns for lunch!
Probably mean a bigger house for me too!

One of the very hardest things I have tried to do is to establish
a place where the experiencers themselves can be assured of an
honest and critical peer review of their own experiences. The
resistance to any kind of critical approach has been formidable!
Formidable enough to stop a rogue elephant dead in its tracks.

I think that's a sad state of affairs and a commentary on us all
as a society. For so long we've been putting the emphasis on all
the wrong things. Basketball players make millions while truly
great educators live on welfare wages. Science fiction over
science fact. Lies instead of truth. The President acts like a
deranged Felini circus clown and his popularity rating goes up!

It's no wonder that con men like Dr. B can 'get over' on people
even after being exposed as predator. No surprise that one BS
artist can publicly endorse another (bigger) BS artist and expect
to taken seriously by thousands of adoring fans. "Messengers" and
"prophets" they call themselves! If it wasn't so sad I'd pee
myself laughing.

I really work hard and believe in what I do. These sad idiots are
an embarassment to anyone who is trying to get serious attention
for something that is soon to become an issue for _all_ to deal
with. I was simply trying to point out the absurdity of Streiber's
remarks. It wasn't hard. Every bloody sentence was a straightline
just waiting to be punched. I wasn't trying to 'bash' anybody.
Just calling a spade a spade.

I'll end this one like Spike Lee ended one of his, . . .

WAKE UP!

Peace,

John Velez, (speaking for myself)