--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltabl...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > <snip> > > There's one *huge* difference you're missing: I > > don't attack or belittle Vaj for his spiritual > > beliefs and practices or criticize his teachers. > > No your focus is more personal. I don't understand > why you think this is an improvement.
I didn't say it was an "improvement." It's what I'm responding to; it's the provocation. Attacking and belittling a person or group for their personal beliefs and practices is reprehensible, in my view, and deserving of strong personal criticism. YMMV. > > I was going to ask you as well to acknowledge that > > Barry quite deliberately misrepresented my post, > > as I pointed out in my reply to him, but I see > > you've decided not to risk your relationship with > > him by correcting what he wrote and have instead > > done a 180 on what you said in the post I'm > > responding to. > > Asking me to do this is really missing the whole point > of my original post isn't it? If the point of your post is that you should never annoy people by calling them out when they lie, then I couldn't disagree with it more strongly. <snip> > > I'm sorry to say none of this surprises me. > > That's just being mean. It is unfriendly spin > slipped into a good discussion. Better put my > blinders on again. I don't believe any discussion in which one party deliberately misrepresents the other can be called a good one. As I've said before, Curtis, you frequently disappoint me. In the clutch, you have a distinct tendency to punt.
