--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bronte Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > My god, the repercussions I foresee from what you unleashed here. Folks, if you can, contain the dragon and just don't respond. Judy, I am outraged that people have attacked you personally in such cruel ways and that Edg would REPEAT his flames against you here! Your picture is just beautiful, by the way -- it shows such strength, wisdom and character! I don't think you were right to say Edg raped and murdered you intellectually, as that was too inflamatory and digging into mistakes of the past we had all resolved to put behind us, when we were all trying to get things back on a harmonious keel.
Thanks for the kind words, Bronte. Actually, when he went after me the first time, he was so over the top that I pretty much blew him off, responded very briefly, and forgot about it. But then when you started in about how "we women" treasure Edg's recognition of our "tender side," the irony was just too much. And I didn't say he'd "raped and murdered me intellectually." I said he *tried*, and it was much more of an emotional than an intellectual attack. I think as a metaphor, "raped and murdered" was entirely appropriate in reference to what he tried to do to my "inner damsel" or whatever your phrase was.
