--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" <anartaxius@...> wrote: > > As for the last question you asked here, I simply do not > think Barry devotes much energy to what he writes. This > is what I think. It is an hypothesis, because I have no > way to measure what he does. But because I think this, > and that is all there is to it, it is an opinion.
It is also, from my point of view, an accurate opinion. As I have mentioned before, I type faster than most people; the things I write appear on the screen at pretty much the exact moment they appear in my head. I rarely edit what I say at all, and few posts take me more than a couple of minutes. > It is not a fact. Opinions are not knowledge. So why must > I justify and manufacture an answer for that thought to > satisfy you? Because she's Judge Judy, dummy. *Her* view of who and what she is and why she does what she does is the only possible view. Anyone who suggests another way of seeing her or her actions is WRONG, or worse, LYING. :-) > I probably expend a huge amount of energy compared to him. > How much do you expend? You definitely try to check facts, > scan old posts for inconsistencies. Barry doesn't bother > much if what he says is correct, and what you say is correct. That's because, as you note above, what I write is OPINION. My opinion and a buck-fifty will get you a bad cup of coffee at Starbucks. I am content with this. Some are not. They want their words to be perceived as Truth. I have no such illusions or aspirations. Because I write as fast as I do, and so effortlessly, I write for the sheer fun of writing. Admittedly, being somewhat perverse, sometimes I also write for the fun of pushing buttons in those whose attachment buttons are easily pushed. I would suggest that this latest tempest in a pisspot is proof that I'm pretty good at it. :-) I'm having FUN by throwing out the occasional provocation and then just watching how Gladys Knight and the Pips (Jim, Ravi, and MZ) react to it. Gladys is without question the leader of the group; the Pips are just backup singers. Their lyrics and choreography are just doo-wah's and dance steps intended to provide backup for Gladys. Lately I've been having fun by pointing out that the Pips *are*, in fact, nothing but Pips, and that none of the four of them are really worth paying much attention to, except when they can provide some amusement in the form of pushing their buttons and then watching them strut their stuff and sing doo-wah's. >From my point of view, what is pushing their buttons the most in this latest exchange is the notion *that* none of them are worth my attention, and that I'm not really giving them much of it. That contradicts and flies in the face of the narcissistic "I'm the center of the universe" self images, and makes them a little crazy. As the song goes, the more I ignore them and move my focus to other people on this forum who *are* interesting, the more they're "about to lose their minds." I see my provocations in this thread as a way of pointing out what people who feed on the attention of others do when that attention is withdrawn. This is OPINION. However, it's my honest OPINION. Yours may vary, and that's OK. Unlike Gladys Knight and the Pips, I'm not trying to sell you my OPINION by calling it Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWvwP72FuVg Take a good look at these tears in my eyes, Baby, baby these tears I can't hold inside. Losin' you would end my life you see, Cause you mean that much to me. You could have told me yourself That you love someone else. Instead... I heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine. Oh I heard it through the grapevine, Oh and I'm just about to lose my mind. Oh yes I am. :-)
