Dear Curtis. Thank you for asking for a re-post of this. I missed it as well. Objectively, without parsing the details, this is a brilliant piece of work. Robin has managed, somehow, to capture almost perfectly his own MO from your perspective and others' actually, although perhaps not exclusively, as you note. How many people are able to represent so accurately another's viewpoint of themselves - he must have tried on the Reality of it all, dontcha think...maybe just one shoe? You must admit you have made these key points on many occasions, albeit using different words:
Look, Robin, I think you are a good guy, very sincere and all that; but you have one fatal flaw: you seek to judge the motivations of other persons, and not only do you fumble and stumble around (it is actually quite embarrassing, Robin), but you actually miss hitting the truth of the person altogether. You can intuit all you like, Robin, but the act of judging what someone says by what you believe to be their inner faults, this is not only inappropriate and offensive--it is the most unreliable form of truth there could ever be. But beyond this, Robin, it is violation of the code of human relationships. You have just gone one step too far here, Robin, in your rather pathetic and unconvincing analysis of irony. And I don't appreciate your bringing me into your little dance of self-congratulations. I would just ask you one more time, Robin: Deal with me on the basis of what I write......... You see, Robin, you can't act as if you are the knower of what my motives are, my character. Robin, can't see how you are acting out a little ritual here which has become so familiar to most of us that at this point it just seems like a cheap Vegas act--where the audience dwindles every night. Now, this last one....your analogies are more creative, but the spirit is captured. Curtis, you have the skill set to reply in-kind, should you so choose. If I were you, I wouldn't waste my time responding to Robin's request to "show" him what about his post *wasn't* an accurate reflection of your position. Sounds like you might be finished for the day though; it was a helluva show and thank you for your participation. It might have been annoying as hell from your seat, but from mine, it was insanely funny. But, just so you know, I am *not* laughing at your expense. I thank you for letting Robin get under your skin a bit. It was good for me Curtis, I hope it was good for you too. Emily --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Wow. Take a night off from Fairfield Life and it > goes officially Bat Shit Crazy. I think that the > bottom line on all this insanity should be given > to the two people causing most of it: > > APOLOGY FROM ROBIN: > Please forgive me, Curtis, and everyone. I was just > having a bad night, after realizing the truth about > myself, that I am nothing more than a minor cult > wannabee who spent a few years in a minor wannabee > cult. And that I finally became so narcissistic and > so deluded in that cult that I began to imagine that > I had the moxie to start my own cult. I failed > miserably at that, and was laughed out of town, and > now I'm nothing. In the history of spirituality in > North America, I don't even deserve a footnote; I > was that minor and that passing a fad. Realizing > all this just got me down, that's all, so I made > up some shit about you. Sorry. > - Robin W. Carlsen > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" <maskedzebra@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" <steve.sundur@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Judy, you do leave me speechless. Almost. It is at this point > > > > I reflect on the last Narnia book, "The Last Battle", when the > > > > ape "Shift" turns the truth upside down. And succeeds in doing > > > > so for a while. I guess that's a difference between that book > > > > and FFL. I don't think anyone is fooled here, even for a moment. > > > > > > > > I hope Robin doesn't turn on you here Judy. That could happen > > > > you know. > > > > > > ROBIN: Actually, this is the only moment in today's proceedings > > > where I feel you have hit a nerve, Steve. And I believe your > > > warning to Authfriend both timely and even portentous. I would > > > ask you, Authfriend, to be careful at this point. Curtis and I > > > understand each other. I don't know you at all. And sometimes I > > > think you act as if you know me much better than you do. Do you > > > understand this, Authfriend? > > > > F*ck off, Zebra Baby. I don't give a crap about you and > > your Issues; I'm after Curtis here. Don't get in the way, > > OK? I know you better than I need to. > > > > > You will thank Steve someday for his rebuke here. But funny > > > thing is: the more I write into you, the more I like you! > > > > Yeah, yeah, very funny. Take your levers and hooks and > > grappling irons and go after somebody who hasn't made it > > all the way around the block even once yet. > > > > "Write into you," is that Canada-speak? Hey, I'll tell > > you where you can write into, mister. > > > > > But that doesn't change the wisdom of Steve's admonition, > > > as surely you must know, Authfriend. > > > > Nothing can ever change Steve's wisdom, I agree with > > you there. > > >
