--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> > wrote: > > > > On Aug 6, 2008, at 2:57 AM, shempmcgurk wrote: > > > > > Well, the -): emoticon works in similar fashion. You can write > > > any nasty thing you want about anyone and as long as you finish > > > your diatribe with the -): all negativity is washed away...just > > > as if it was washed away with the blood of the Baby Jesus. > > > > Get over it, shemp. > > Sal, I think the point Shemp is making is about > Barry's blatant hypocrisy. > > I remembered Delia making a wonderful comment > about Barry's compulsive use of smiley faces > on alt.m.t and looked it up. It's from 2004: > > "Your 'I'm just here for fun' spiel goes > hand in hand with your 'everything is No > Big Deal to me' facade. They both come > from either being deeply wounded or else > scared shitless of being emotionally > invested in anything, for fear of being > wounded. I don't know whether you're trying > to fool yourself as well as other people; > but for the sake of your sanity I'd hope > that it's only others you're trying to fool > with your nonstop cool, 'fun' facade.... > > "If I thought Barry had actually reached a > place where he consistently experienced life > as the great cosmic/comic drama, then that > would be fine. But I don't believe that he > does, I think it's mostly an act. One of the > things that gives it away is this: if he was > really having the Game Of Life thing 24/7, > then Judy would be just another shiny facet > of that, one more delightful experience to > be savored and enjoyed. The fact that Barry > seems just as driven as Judy to each prove > the other wrong - that's a sign that it is > not just all a game to him. They're both out > to defend a way of being 'right' - as am I. > > "But at least Judy and I are both honest about > that, whereas Barry tries to camoflage it as > 'just me having fun with all my 16 smiley faces > telling you what a big deal it isn't to me.'
...just like a Fundamentalist Christian ending any confrontation with a non-believer with the perennial "Jesus loves you" or "I'll pray for you!", believing that the invocation of "Jesus" makes all things right. A free ticket to heaven. How many times have we all met Christians who weild Jesus like a sword? Barry uses his emoticons like a Christian uses Jesus. Hense, -): as Jesus. > And, of course, that hypocrisy on his part > is one of the things that Judy harps on, > which is understandable." > > And then Delia's famous translation of the > all-purpose Barry post: > > "Blah, blah, Judy, yada yada Judy, blah. > Yada, Judy, blah yada yada, then Judy will > blah blah yada blah, because Judy blah > blah yada, etc. But Judy blah blah, so > that Judy yada yada, as everyone can see. > But even though Judy blah, blah, yada yada, > I really don't care about Judy and Judy > is No Big Deal to me, because Judy blah blah > Judy yada yada. But I don't think about > Judy much at all, it's just that Judy blah > blah yada yada. If Judy blah blah yada blah, > then I would blah blah yada blah, but Judy > yada yada, etc. blah blah, so Judy blah blah." > > These are excerpts from a much longer post > of Delia's, which I highly recommend for its > insightful personality analysis of Barry. You > can find it here: > > http://groups.google.com/group/alt.meditation.transcendental/msg/b1e36 > 78ebe05fa55? > > http://tinyurl.com/6ca74v >
