Translation: "I have no explanation for why I've spent a large portion of *every week I've posted to a.m.t. or FFL in the last 16+ years* obsessing about Barry and trying to 'get' him and trying to get other people to do the same thing, so I'll do it again. Maybe it'll work this time."
:-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > OK, I do have to intervene at this point to deal with > some comments made about me. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, maskedzebra <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > <terasnip> > > Still, what you insist is the case with Judy, that does seem > > interesting to me. Even as your friend Barry insults her in the > > bitterest and most scathing (and, I believe prejudiced and > > unwarranted) ways. Me, if I have a friendship with someone and > > I notice they are being unfair and hatefuland usually > > ridiculousin their behaviour towards someone else (who I hold > > in very different terms), then I feel forced to say something > > to my friend [Barry]. > > > > ME:Hang around a bit and you will see why I feel that it is > > not so lopsided. This is an actual feud and neither side is > > blameless. > > Curtis has said many times that he doesn't read my > exchanges with Barry. That's OK, but on that basis > he is not in a position to remark on the balance of > blame. > > I don't claim to be "blameless," but I utterly reject > the notion that blame in the Barry-Judy situation is > anything but *hugely* lopsided. > > Just for one thing, if one were to read my posts that > comment on Barry's, one would find that a significant > number of them--I'd guess at least 50 percent--are not > simply insults; quite a few are not insulting at all. > Rather, they involve reasoned, noninflammatory analysis > of points that Barry has made. > > That is never the case with Barry's posts that have > to do with me. > > There are other lopsided elements as well. I don't > *make up* stuff about Barry, for instance. > > > R: But you won't do this, Curtis, because of the fragility > > of his psyche*in relation to yourself*. He approves of, he > > depends upon, yourself. Were you to speak directly and > > candidly to him, you would shatter him. This is the only > > reason you don't speak up on Judy's behalf. > > > > ME: No its not. It is because Judy made her own bed with > > him. There were other choices. > > Sure. I could have ignored him completely, I could have > spoken sweetly to him when he attacked me, were I a saint. > But I don't pretend to be a saint. > > Curtis doesn't stand up for the people Barry attacks > because if he did, Barry would put Curtis on his shit > list, and Curtis doesn't want to be on *anybody's* shit > list if he can possibly help it. > > But it would be very interesting to see what bed Curtis > would make with Barry were he to land on Barry's shit > list and be subject to the same treatment Barry gives to > the others on that list. Curtis might not be quite so > sanguine about the availability of "other choices." >
