Right, Shemp. This is why forbidding Barry and me from responding to each other (as somebody proposed awhile back) wouldn't work. Barry wouldn't honor the ban, his protestations to the contrary notwithstanding.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I watched it happen during the period immediately > > after 9/11, and I've been watching it the last > > few days, on this group and on many other forums. > > There's a certain kind of person who really gets > > *into* the disaster thing, feeds on it, and can't > > tear him- or herself > > > Read = Judy > > > > > away from the television. > > They watch all the news, compulsively. > > > Read = Judy > > > > And the > > anger and the frustration that they feel as they > > watch just builds and builds and builds in them > > until they feel that they have to DO something. > > > > > Read = Judy > > > > > > > > So what do they DO? Do they turn off the fuckin' > > TV and get outside and get some air and thank > > the lords of karma that it isn't them who is > > going through all of this? No. Do they sit down > > and meditate and try to connect back with the > > part of themselves that isn't so angry and frus- > > trated and wanting to lash out? No. > > > > What they do is log onto the Internet and lash > > out at anyone they possibly can. > > > Read = Judy > > > > > > Anyone and > > anything is fair game. Arguments start over the > > smallest, silliest shit, and turn nasty really > > quickly. These people don't care who they're > > arguing with or about what. > > > Read = Judy > > > > They don't care who > > they're insulting or putting down, they don't > > care who they hurt. > > > Read = Judy > > > > > The whole *point* is to hurt > > someone, *anyone*, to try to make someone else > > feel as bad as they do. > > > Read = Judy > > > > > > The people who do this can't be dealt with, and > > they can't be reasoned with. They're too far gone. > > You can't be compassionate and try to gently > > remind them that they should turn off the fuckin' > > TV and get off their fat asses and go get some air > > or meditate or do whatever they should do to get > > human again. They'll only turn on you and try again > > to make you feel as bad as they do. > > > > Read = Judy > > > > > > > It's like > > trying to deal with a junkie. > > > > It's not just here. It's everywhere on the Net. > > It's on every forum. And more and more, on more > > and more forums, people who remember what happened > > after 9/11 are posting stuff like this and trying > > to remind the still sane members of the forum that > > when you encounter people who are this far gone > > into the TV/Anger/Hurt cycle the only thing you > > can do is not interact with them at all. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
