--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Tom" <azgrey@> wrote: > > > > Shame on you Angela. Questioning her POV must mean > > are a hypocrite, a liar, intellectually dishonest, and > > prolly voted for Republican tax cuts for the rich. > > Uh, toots, the "POV" that Angela was questioning was > the purest sarcasm. Both you and she missed it. > > Lighten up, hey? >
Oh, it was pure sarcasm alright sweet-cheeks. sarcasm ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French sarcasme, or via late Latin from late Greek sarkasmos, from Greek sarkazein `tear flesh,' in late Greek `gnash the teeth, speak bitterly' (from sarx, sark- `flesh' ). ...'gnash teeth...'tear flesh...speak bitterly......yes, your sarcasm is the purest, and noticed in the first place. Nice and light. Re-cueing the tunes: "Because a vision softly creeping, Left its seeds while I was sleeping..." > > > > > > No worries. Just cue some nice tunes "Hello darkness, > > my old friend. I've come to talk with you again....." > > > > > > ---- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander > <mailander111@> wrote: > > > > > > That's a misunderstanding of the Now. It contains all > > > of the past and all of the future. Otherwise, > > > Alzheimer's would be enlightenment. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- authfriend <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > > > > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > > Edg is a putz, and I really don't want to spend > > > > > any more of my Sunday thinking about him, but I > > > > > just had to comment on the above. > > > > > > > > Sez Barry, who then proceeds to lecture Edg on his > > > > inability to control himself. > > > > > > > > That's the great advantage of Being in the Now, you > > > > see. You can never be a hypocrite, because whatever > > > > you've said or done in the past--even in the past 10 > > > > seconds--is simply no longer operative. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Have you *ever* read such an ego-bound defense > > > > > of bad behavior in your entire life? > > > > > > > > > > In Edgworld, exercising a modicum of control > > > > > over one's emotions is "ten zillion times worse" > > > > > that "getting triggered" and lashing out. > > > > > > > > > > In other words, what it costs him *to* exercise > > > > > some modicum of control over his emotions is > > > > > ten zillion times more important in the cosmic > > > > > scheme of things than what it costs others to > > > > > endure his lashing out. > > > > > > > > > > I'm sorry, but this is the mindset of the chronic > > > > > abuser, the kind of person who beats his wife and/ > > > > > or kids and then expects them to forgive him, > > > > > because he was just being himself. They would > > > > under- > > > > > stand him and why he needs to lash out like this > > > > if > > > > > they were just evolved enough. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > > >
