I was just taking a shot at asking you to articulate his POV here because of your history with him. I am hoping someone takes me up on it to promote more discussion from another POV than my own.
But I certainly understand why you might not be interested, and especially not here. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater <no_reply@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@> > wrote: > > > > As a professional writer Barry may be more aware than you are of programs > > that automatically count the words on a page. For me it would involve > > cutting and pasting them into a Word Doc which counts them, but Barry may > > not even need to do that depending on how he reads FFL. > > Of course I know he didn't count them all one by one, of course there are > ways to plug something into a program and have it calculate exactly what > Barry calculated a la computer technology. > > > > I would love for anyone to rephrase Robin's thoery to show that they > > understood it better than I have. Perhaps someone can offer answers to my > > objections that don't include an assumption about my personal motivation > > and flaws, but actually sticks to the points themselves. > > > > Are you up for that Ann? > > Given the right circumstances and in my own way I could engage Robin on all > sorts of levels and about any number of subjects. His way of posting with you > and between you two is different from how I would choose to interact with > him. First, I would not find this forum conducive to the kind of interaction > I would favour. Second, only a fraction of who Robin is can come through in > this manner. So no, I am not "up for" the type of back and forth dialogue > that I have read here between you two. I think these dialogues are lively, > intelligent and revealing but I prefer a scenic bike ride over bouncing > around in bumper cars. > > Did you understand Robin's points well enough to express it more concisely? > Do you believe that someone can reliably express "reality's POV"? > > I am not sure why you are asking me these questions because they have nothing > to do with my post to Barry this morning. My issue was with Barry's knee jerk > response which came across as neither thoughtful or considered or even fair > with regard to Robin's post. I might even disagree with every single word > Robin wrote but that still would have nothing to do with how I felt about > Barry's reaction which stood alone as a fact unto itself. > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > A new world's record. > > > > > > > > Needing 50,527 words just to say "I'm insane." > > > > > > > > Impressive. > > > > > > You counted them all. If you didn't read them you sure know how to miss > > > the boat. Barry thinks (giving him the benefit of the doubt), "Let's see, > > > I'll count the words, not read them and then use 14 ill-chosen words of > > > my own to show how idiotic I really am." Go pick up some dog poop, fish a > > > cat out of the canal or hire another hooker, these activities are > > > apparently much more worthwhile in your addled world. You don't have to > > > read Robin's posts Barry and I am sure you did not so how could you > > > possibly, even remotely, say one valid thing about it? You couldn't and > > > you didn't. Just because "War and Peace" was a long book does it make > > > Tolstoy insane? > > > > > > > > > >
