<snip>"What say you FFL readers: why has not someone come to the defence of
Barry by turning on Judy?"
Corporate Lesson No. 1: Never, ever, ever get in the middle of someone else's
"battle"...or it will be your battle and a losing one for you, particularly if
you are more easily sacrificed.
Or, if you don't like that...what about just assuming Barry has his big boy
pants on and doesn't need help?
Or, if you don't like that....why does "turning" on someone constitute an
appropriate response. Is the rule of the game "an eye for an eye" on this
forum?
P.S. As I recall, everyone missed Judy when she was gone for the Irene
hurricane :)
--- On Mon, 9/12/11, maskedzebra <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
From: maskedzebra <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Excuses for avoiding liberation? [was Re: Blissy vs.
Happy]
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, September 12, 2011, 1:51 PM
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote:
>
> -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sep 12, 2011, at 3:47 AM, turquoiseb wrote:
> > >
> > > > Can't resist, so I have to take advantage of a utility I
> > > > wrote that allows me to highlight a block of text on any
> > > > Web page and do a word count on it, without having to
> > > > read it.
> > > >
> > > > Sal's post: 33 words
> > > >
> > > > MZ's reply, trying to suck her into an argument: 967 words
> > >
> > > It's sort of unbelievable, really.
> > > I did my best to provide comments
> > > with *out* getting totally sucked
> > > in. You have to wonder how much
> > > time someone has on their hands
> > > if they can expend so much of it
> > > on this crap.
> >
> > I honestly suspect that a few of these folks (you know
> > who we're talking about) honestly *can't conceive* of
> > anyone not reading every word of their posts.
>
> And I honestly suspect Barry knows better.
>
> <snip>
> > What I love are the ones who imagine that they're
> > having a dialogue with people who stopped reading their
> > posts (except for the first few words you can't avoid
> > in the time it takes to hit the Next key) in months.
>
> Another of Barry's fond fantasies. Note that it sets
> up a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't double
> bind: If we write the post as if addressing him
> directly, it's because we're delusional. If we don't,
> we're "going at him indirectly," which Stupid Sal
> has so eloquently characterized, utterly oblivious
> to the double standard, as "unfair."
>
> Me, I write 'em as the mood strikes me, directly or
> indirectly. Sometimes a post seems to call for
> direct address, other times indirect works better.
> Sometimes I'll switch from one to the other in a
> single post.
>
> Either way, I find it amusing that Barry either has
> no idea what I'm saying about him, or hasn't been
> able to resist reading a post and has had to bite
> his fingers to keep from responding. One way or the
> other, the arrangement suits me just fine: he's made
> it impossible for himself to deliver a rebuttal.
>
RESPONSE: Dear FFL Readers:
Judy has attacked the logic, the coherence, the sincerity, the truth of
everything that Barry has said. If you are an honest person (and you have any
regard for Barry) I consider you all cowards and phoneys if you don't stick up
for Barry by taking Judy on.
Judy has gone to the extreme—but it my mind at least, it is where the truth has
led her.
Where is the outrage, the honour, the justice felt by those who, since they
believe Judy's criticisms unwarranted, would defend and vindicate the good name
of their friend?
If no one dares to answer Judy, I will assume that she is right. Because if she
were not right, I can't imagine, if I were a friend of Barry's, allowing her to
do what she has done with pefect impunity.
Judy speaks, and she relentlessly goes at her target. But she seems eminently
reasonable in all this. She is simply holding Barry accountable for his
actions. It is a very strange kind of martyrdom to (if you are Barry or one of
his friends) that allows that martyrdom to be proclaimed by this sullen silence.
I say Judy is just teaching the moral alphabet. She is so vehement and precise
in her challenge to Barry; if she were even slightly off, she would look
ridiculous, and her inner hatred and envy would be obvious. And yet it is not.
Conclusion (you there, Sal?): Until someone refutes her, I will have to assume
she has hit her mark. And hit her mark again and again and again.
So far, she has not missed.
It seems also that she is trying to do Barry a favour.
What say you FFL readers: why has not someone come to the defence of Barry by
turning on Judy?
I am beginning to doubt the American spirit.
