--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <wayback71@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchydog@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Barry, how low can you go? Leave Ravi's family out of > > > > your personal grudge against him. Whether you're lying > > > > about him or not, it's none of your damn business and > > > > certainly none of ours. His private life has no bearing > > > > on his participation on this forum. Shame on you. > > > > > > Speaking of "asleep at the wheel," Ravi himself > > > volunteered this information, in the context of > > > telling people how cool he was to have flirted > > > with his ex-wife's divorce attorney. > > > > Raunchy, you might have missed this from months ago, but it > > is true. > > Not "from months ago," Susan. Barry's referring to > posts Ravi made in the past couple of days. > > > Ravi himself disclosed this and more. Many of us have been > > very careful to stay away and out of all of this, careful > > not to egg anyone on. > > Your admirable self-righteousness comes across as > clear as a bell, Susan. Oh Judy, I spoke the truth here, not self righteousness. I happen to think Ravi is probably pretty mazing person. But as you know, it was you in particular i was thinking of as not being a good friend to Ravi. I think you must know that. Maybe that is why this bothered you so? > > > > I have no "grudge" against Ravi. I have stated > > > my position with regard to him many times, and > > > have *followed through on it*. That is, I will > > > not interact with him or any of the other people > > > on this forum whom I suspect to be mentally ill, > > > because I have neither the training nor the > > > inclination to do so. > > > > I totally agree, Barry. I wrote a post similar to this > > months ago. My feelings were and are that it is unkind to > > "use" people who are not well in chat rooms > > (Just for the record, FFL is not a "chat room," it's a > public forum.)
Thanks for that very significant correction. I am sure it misled everyone!! > > > to encourage them in any way. My reason was that this stuff > > stays around, and employers, attorneys, they all can see it. > > It can embarrass family, mortify the person themself when they > > well, and ruin lives, or at least compromise them. Not good > > to be in any way a part of that. > > Says Susan, quite deliberately making herself "a part > of that." > > Like Barry, she believes she is able to determine who > is and who is not well, and she wants it known that she > has judged Ravi to be definitely not well. Wrong again, Judy. Ravi himself said he had some troubles, and I believed him. Nothing wrong in that, is there? > > So much for her reluctance to participate in ruining > (or at least compromising) lives. So much for her > concern about attorneys and family and employers. She > wants them all to know of her conviction that Ravi is > "not well." > > > > You obviously feel otherwise, and that praising > > > an unstable person when he acts out is a favor. > > > > Encouraging this type of behavior is not only not a favor, > > it is using them and a form of ridicule. Just my opinion, > > I know. > > Again, like Barry, Susan assumes her "opinion" is > held by everyone on FFL. Those of us who like Ravi, > according to Susan, all agree that he is "not well" > and are just pretending to be friendly when in fact, > in Susan's mind, we are really only "using" and > "ridiculing" him. > > What terrible people we must be compared to Saintly > Susan and Blameless Barry, who are doing their level > best to infuriate this person they claim is "not well" > and "unstable," hoping to encourage even more extreme > forms of the behavior they profess to deplore so they > can intensify their public hand-wringing. > > Obviously they're seething over what Ravi has said > about them and are intent on striking back. It fails > to occur to them how their anger at him belies their > pious declarations concerning his purportedly delicate > state of his mental health. Why, they're just as > pissed off at him as if he were as sane as they are! > > I guess compassion would dictate that one pity people > who are so painfully devoid of self-knowledge. But > I'm afraid I can't muster up those finer feelings. > Their hypocrisy just makes me want to throw up. > Go ahead.
