Hey Steve, First thanks for the kind words about my poo poo platter image and secondly, would you mind pointing out the post in question. I have skipped a bunch of Robin's posts that look like they are just video links so it didn't register.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" <steve.sundur@...> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" steve.sundur@ > wrote: > much snipping > > > I have to think, Judy, that you would take exception to someone > > > describing an entirely fictitious conversation with you as though > > > it had occurred. I also think that you might take exception to > > > someone writing posts with your byline, > > > > (Steve has explained he didn't mean using someone else's > > account ID.) > > > > even if it is done in the > > > name of so called irony. My feeling is that you would request > > > that such a person refrain from doing that. > > > > It would depend, Steve. And certainly Curtis and Share > > are free to object or make such a request if they think > > anybody might have been misled. > > > > But it was obvious to me that the "conspiracy" bit and > > the paragraph Robin wrote and signed "Curtis" were both > > ironic. And frankly, I'd be astonished if everyone didn't > > realize this. > > Yes, I am sure everyone did realize it. It is just something I would > not take the liberty of doing. Perhaps I am more sensitive along these > lines. Of course Share did respond that she had not participated in > the discussion to which Robin indicated she was a party. I picked up > that she wasn't too thrilled about being misrepresented. > And also, > > Irony is pretty easy to detect if one is in good contact > > with reality, because the variance from reality in the > > ironic material is clear. It's really just a matter of > > common sense. > I don't think anyone is missing the irony. But irony just like anything > can be in good taste or poor taste. In my opinion, Robin's irony > sometimes crosses a line most people would not appreciate. > But it may not be enough for them to make a protest. It is not that big > a deal for me either. But since we were discussing issues along these > lines, I brought it up. >