--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater <no_reply@...> wrote: > > You don't think he fears the sudden appearance of a failed exorcism? Your > strong character, your obvious beauty and your integrity? > > Shucks Vaj, as much as I would like to believe this may be true I don't > believe Robin fears me. I am not sure what he fears other than losing his > hard-fought struggle to make sense of his life or his ability to refrain from > hurting people ever again. I am not sure how I would qualify as a failed > exorcism because I have not come back to "get him". I also don't think Robin > has any desire to confront again, that was a big responsibility and a burden > to have carried all those years ago and according to him he hated it. Upon > reading his FFL posts over the last few months it appears that, if anything, > he submitted himself to the confrontation of others. I am in perplexity as to > why he let it go on for as long as did. > > I can only relate to this man as he appears on FFL, as he seems to be 25 > years later and I freely admit that I am supporting him because I can sense > that he is not the same Robin. And based on the man I think he is now he > deserves my respect and my sensitivity to what he has and continues to > struggle with.
Ann, beautifully expressed from the heart. fictio cedit veritati > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > Someone made a comment about Robin running away now, no longer > > > posting, hiding after his last letter. I don't believe this. > > > > You don't think he fears the sudden appearance of a failed exorcism? > > Your strong character, your obvious beauty and your integrity? > > > > I think we have to realize that it took many years for R. to process > > what he went through - whatever each of us might believe that to be - > > and then he's forced to potentially confront YOU....online? > > > > It's just too exacting a mirror to stare into. > > > > > > > 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. > > > > Unless they were familiar with the peculiar dynamic of the WTS, I > > seriously doubt there's anything he could say (I'm leaving the > > diehard Aquinas fans out of this :-)). But even then his new wine > > does not find any comfort in those old skins, and he cringes at the > > thought of being forcibly placed in them again, esp. through coercion > > or trickery or surprise. > > > > The thought of being forced into that context again would be too much > > to bear. > > > > > 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. > > > > I think you're right - for most posters. > > >
