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Week of April 4 04

Email of the week comes from Lorio:

I don't disagree with you. What shocks me most (although it shouldn't) is how brainwashed her most rabid fans are too. Madonna started as an iconoclast; as one who questioned authority and who thumbed her nose at religious dogma. Presumably, then, her fans would share those beliefs; I know I did. That is what drew me to her. But her rabid fans don't share those beliefs, or else they wouldn't be buying her bullshit now. Madonna is attracted to the Kabbalah cult of comfort and her rabid fans are attracted to the Madonna cult of personality.

Madonna no longer embodies iconoclasm. Instead of self-reliance, control, and independence, she exudes submission, self-deprecation and dependence. She is no longer in control. She in the control of others. Her Kabbalah teachers told her to write those children's books. She obeyed. Her Kabbalah teachers told her that all money from the books should go to them. She gave it to them.  Her Kabbalah teachers told her to build a Kabbalah Centre in London. She did. Her favorite Kabbalah teacher complained of his meager home. She's buying him a mansion.

Madonna is spending millions of dollars of her own money and all of her time trying to convert people to the Kabbalah Centre cult. Mel Gibson is doing the same for his backwards sect of Christianity. There is absolutely no difference between the two.

A few weeks ago Liz, a member of Madonna's fan club ICON, wrote:

ICON recently merged itself with the website MusicToday. I sent this email to them:

I received a response two days later:

Hi D:
With regard to your question... I will state that MusicToday has not distributed any information on behalf of the Kabbalah Centre.
If you have any other questions feel free to contact me.
Thanks
Matt Blum
Client Services
Musictoday

I did have other questions. I asked Matt if it were possible that ICON gave out club members' private information before joining MusicToday.

I received no response.

I polled 32 ICON members. 18 of them joined ICON before MusicToday took over. Of those 18, 16 claim to have received Kabbalah Centre mailings. Of the 14 who joined ICON after MusicToday, just 1 claims to have received Kabbalah Centre mailings.

Though not a scientific survey, this indicates a clear correlation. It appears that, before merging with MusicToday, Madonna's fan club ICON gave members' addresses to the Kabbalah Centre cult in order to foster recruitment.

Attempts to confirm this with ICON or Warner Brothers have failed. None of my calls or emails were returned. Perhaps they are wary of the name Diabolique; I do not blame them. I can turn their bullshit into clean air any day.

I attempted to circumvent by having someone else make contact using an alias, but they stonewalled her too. Obviously, if they didn't have anything to hide, they'd have gotten back to one of us.

Any time I've written good things about Madonna, Warner Brothers has ignored me. Any time I've written critical things, they threaten me with lawsuits.

'Papa Don't Preach' by Madonna

Hmm. Other websites are somehow allowed to put up Madonna clips; they are not threatened with lawsuits. Is that because they aren't critical?

'Don't Tell Me' by Madonna 

I'm destitute from cancer bills and definitely couldn't match WB's high priced lawyers, so surely they'd beat me in a court of law. Since I'd be unable to pay any fines, would a prison sentence do instead?

'Die Another Day' by Madonna

Wouldn't it be ironic if I were thrown into prison for criticizing Madonna? For speaking my mind? For thinking independently?

'Express Yourself' by Madonna

Madonna's once impressive lyrics mean nothing anymore.

'Music' by Madonna

until next week, remember..
when you dance, we are a part of what you feel.

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