--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: <snip> > OK...here's my theory: Such writing is an attempt > to SHARE MINDSTATES. > > It's an attempt to *shift the state of attention* > of the reader, and force them to share the writer's > state of attention. > > And, while this is admirable if the writer is in > a *good* state of attention, it's less admirable > when they aren't. The *intent* of such writing > then becomes, "Here...read this. I want to bring > you down to where I am, and I am not above using > emotionally-manipulative language to do so."
Aren't we lucky to have Barry here to explain to us the evils of attempting to bring down readers' state of attention? I mean, here he is, in an unfailingly *good* state of attention, never negative, never mean, never deceitful, never self-defensive, never attempting to portray anybody as *less* spiritual than he is, never using emotionally manipulative language. <horselaugh> It's the hypocrisy, stupid.
