On Feb 9, 2012, at 10:59 AM, Emily Reyn wrote:
Actually, I didn't mean "evaluate" it in the sense of *someone* he was evaluating, just *what* he was evaluating (your posts/words online) that were also available for the rest of us to read. I didn't make a judgment on whether you were perpetuating falsehoods or not, as I really have no idea. I did decide that the way you communicated to him was in large part contemptuous (e.g., calling him Robindra). Of course I don't know the back story...you never illuminated this for the readers in a way that fostered credibility. But, it wasn't my discussion and still isn't; I'm pretty clear on that. I was responding to a comment that Barry made in his post with this comment.
One of Robin's old benefactors referred to him, to close friends, as "Robinda". This was meant to be a loving pet name that combined the name "Robin" with "Govinda". Govinda is one of the line holders in the TM Holy tradition, so the hidden joke was that Robin was a newer enlightened person in that line: Robinda.
I merely updated it to "Robindra" because it sounded closer to Rabindra, as in Rabindra-nath Tagore, given Robin's penchant for excessive writing, speechifying and poeticizing. So it was meant to be a loving but funny nickname. The kind of thing you affectionately laugh about. In fact this friend had pet names for many of his friends.
It's really not that different from the gang that probably hangs out at your local fire department and has old nicknames for each other: Sparky or Colonel or whatever. Generally such behavior is how men express affection for each other in a way that feels socially acceptable but not "gay".
