I have to agree, Raunchy. Beautifully said. Not an easy person to understand; I'm still trying to figure him out.
I once told him that from everything we'd heard about his past, we'd have expected him to be some kind of raving lunatic. Instead we got this probing intelligence, some brilliant writing, a devastating sense of irony larded with the sharpest wit, a charming sense of humor about himself as well as others, flashes of penetrating intuition, a thirst to explore ideas--some of which, granted, were pretty strange!--altogether an exhilarating education in direct engagement and boundary-pushing. If only we could have been wise enough to take better advantage of what he had to offer. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchydog@...> wrote: > > Robin is the most courageous person ever to grace FFLife. His > quest for personal truth, to know himself, motivations, and > weakness is admirable. He came to FFLife for the sake of > healing the past and gave us his best. He ran the gauntlet of > trolls and liars, rode into battle on a wing and a prayer and > slew the mighty dragon of arrogance. Robin inspires metaphors > of nobility and honor. I wish him well. By the way, I took out > the trash this morning. :-) > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Well, all I know is no one yet is holding a gun to any of you FFL'ers > > heads. So all of the long-timers must enjoy this. It is theoretically so > > easy to just drop out and go do something useful like take out the trash or > > something. But none of you do that (that garbage must really be piling up) > > so there you have it. Simple. You all stay here doing what you do on this > > site because you either want to or have a compulsion to. > > > > In this cyclical movement of posts one of you is either igniting a fire > > because the posts are getting too mild or you are arguing to beat the band. > > I mostly find it entertaining but sometimes it is a tad repetitive because > > no one really convinces the other target that they are right. The watchers > > may change viewpoints because no one could describe the posters here as > > intellectually flaccid - stubborn, sometimes mean, insulting, and > > irrational - but not stupid. > > > > Someone made a comment about Robin running away now, no longer posting, > > hiding after his last letter. I don't believe this. I'm just not sure there > > is anything more for him to say. I haven't read all of his words on FFL but > > I know there are enough to create a hefty manuscript. Now, having > > established that none of you a downright dumb, quite the opposite, I have > > to wonder what the hell more he could possibly say to any of you, what > > other admissions, explanations, reasons for his behaviour or beliefs he > > could give you. My theory is you want him to stick around because that > > compulsion, that desire for a heated debate that keeps you all here and > > that likes a good fight is missing out in his absence. > > > > This is no judgement, just slightly interested observation. And if my > > theory is correct, someone's gonna bite... > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > It's hard to know which is more hallucinatory, the > > > fantasy scenario elaborated in this post, or the > > > apparent assumption that others who read FFL will > > > think it's anything *but* fantasy. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Recently I made some predictions as to what was going > > > > to happen in the wake of both Ravi and Robin self- > > > > destructing. I suggested that the person who recruited > > > > them and constantly stroked and praised them every time > > > > they demonized one of the three people she'd trained > > > > them to demonize would freak out, and do so in such a > > > > way that her tactics would become more obvious to > > > > lurkers here. > > > > > > > > I suggest that's what has happened. Because people here > > > > seem to have embarrassingly short memories, a lot of > > > > you might not remember what this place was like just > > > > a few weeks ago. There was a team of people, all care- > > > > fully recruited by Judy, who week after week after week > > > > did exactly what was expected of them. That is, they > > > > spent a large number of their posts dissing and demonizing > > > > (and in some cases slandering) three people who "coinci- > > > > dentally" are the three people Judy has been obsessing on > > > > and cyberstalking for years. One of Judy's minions even > > > > stupidly gave the people he'd been commissioned to diss > > > > a name, the Troika (referring to Vaj, Curtis, and myself). > > > > > > > > Every week it was the same Judy and the Pips act, as Jim, > > > > Ravi, and Robin (occasionally aided by Nabby and Raunchydog, > > > > and further back by Bob Price) did as they'd been taught > > > > to do and constantly ragged on one or more of these three > > > > people. > > > > > > > > But then they self-destructed. Ravi went down in flames, > > > > followed shortly by Robin. Jimbo has put himself on a > > > > "posting out" diet, consistently going over the posting > > > > limit such that he posts for a week, then sits on the > > > > bench for a week, and then repeats that same pattern. > > > > > > > > I have suggested that this provides an opportunity for > > > > the people of FFL to see exactly where this demonization > > > > of Curtis, Vaj and myself COMES FROM. With her minions > > > > all gone, and only Raunchydog to help her out, Judy has > > > > to try to reactivate the "Vaj is a liar" meme and the > > > > "Curtis is unethical" meme and the "Barry is just plain > > > > evil" meme every week ALL BY HERSELF. And she has. And > > > > my prediction is that she will continue to do so. > > > > > > > > I'm making this prediction so that people start to NOTICE. > > > > She has been running this same number for years. 2011 was > > > > the worst year yet, because she managed to recruit a > > > > team of backup dissers to either pile on to her demon- > > > > izations of the evil Troika or initiate their own. Now > > > > they're pretty much all gone. so she has to do it herself. > > > > With a little help from Raunchy, of course. > > > > > > > > Just WATCH, people. Try to NOTICE what this crazy woman's > > > > TRENDS are on this forum. Is there a theme she keeps > > > > coming back to, week after week after week, as if it's > > > > some kind of obsession for her, one that she can never > > > > let go of? I suggest that there is. > > > > > > > > Unlike her, I am not suggesting that anyone DO anything > > > > in particular about Judy and her obsessions. Just NOTICE > > > > them, that's all, and factor that into your assessments > > > > of either her, or of the three people she consistently > > > > tries to "get." The woman's a broken record. She has been > > > > fixated on trying to "get" the same three people for years > > > > now. In one case, she's been trying to "get" the person > > > > for SEVENTEEN YEARS. During all that time there has > > > > rarely been a week in which a huge number of her posts > > > > were NOT devoted to trying to "get" him. Then Curtis > > > > and Vaj got added to the "get" list, and she's been > > > > consistent in trying to "get" them ever since, too. > > > > > > > > I think it's more than a little insane, and have said so. > > > > Just WATCH, and make your own assessments. > > > > > > > > My bet is that she will continue to spend a huge amount > > > > of her posts each week trying to "get" these three people. > > > > She really doesn't have a *choice* about doing this any > > > > more; this vindictive vendetta behavior *defines* her. > > > > > > > > But I could be wrong about all this. Just WATCH, and see > > > > if you think I am. The best part about making predictions > > > > like this is that Judy actually has the opportunity to > > > > prove them wrong, by simply NOT doing what I predict she'll > > > > do. But she never does. She always does pretty much *exactly* > > > > what I predict she'll do. I don't think she is capable of > > > > doing anything else. The Troika and her obsession with them > > > > run her life. We're pretty much all she's got. > > > > > > > > > >
