--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula <chivukula.ravi@...> wrote: > > I think a lot of men have incredible difficulty expressing empathy but this > one seems very cold-hearted and dismissive, as if the person asking these > questions had no right to these feelings and/or was irrational for even > trying to communicate that, viz "I have no idea why you write any of this" > - I wonder if this is narcissism, disassociation and/or psychopathy? > > Anyway here's one way I would respond assuming I was innocent. > > "Dear Emily - I am so sorry to hear that you were disturbed by the gang > rape lyrics. Looking back it was probably not a good idea to post it or I > should have cautioned you that the lyrics had references to gang rape - in > this day and age one should always be aware that there could be some who > would get affected by that, especially victims and family members of > victims harmed by sexual violence. But rest assured Emily I had no > intentions to PR you, my intentions was just to share some music with a > fellow music-lover and in retrospect I should have known that some people > may have found it offensive. I hope you are feeling better."
Ravi, will you marry me? > > > > On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 8:51 PM, authfriend <authfriend@...> wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > Hmm, as much as Curtis asserts that his goal is "to be > > understood by other people here," it doesn't seem that > > he is willing to respond to the question Emily asked > > him: Why did he make a point of calling her attention > > to a verse about gang rape? Instead he just wipes out > > her context as if it had never existed. > > > > Obviously she found it disturbing. Why wouldn't he > > respond--unless that's what he wanted, for her to be > > disturbed? > > > > Man, there are very creepy things going on on this > > forum lately. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > I have no idea why you would write any of this. > > > > > > I shared music with you that I perform in my show. It has no meaning > > directed toward you except I thought I was sharing interesting music with > > another music lover. > > > > > > To be clear: There are no hidden messages or meanings directed toward > > you by any music I ever shared with you on this board, ever. There are no > > hidden messages toward you in anything I have ever written to you here. I > > have tried to be clear about what I meant at all times because my goal is > > to be understood by other people here. > > > > > > Lets chill on sharing music. It apparently isn't working. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emilymae.reyn" <emilymae.reyn@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Curtis: Hey, I was just responding to Xeno on his psychological rape > > > > post and this spontaneously came off my fingertips: > > > > "nor did I [feel psychologically raped] recently, when Curtis referred > > > > me to the gang rape lyrics of a song he posted. I probably should have > > > > then, come to think about it, but I just figured I had crossed his > > > > boundary again, unknowingly, like I did the first time. I was teasing > > > > him; he got angry...." > > > > God bless it, were you trying to publicly PR me? Did I not pick up on > > > > that? I'm kind of slow on the uptake sometimes, it's true. You never > > > > did explain to me why you referred me to the lyrics you did. If you > > > > were, than I say "Fuck you, man, fuck you." If you weren't than maybe > > > > you could explain it to me. Am I right in my assumption above? > > > > I know you ain't a country guy, in terms of music, but here's a song > > > > from George Jones - RIP, that may bring you back to a performance > > period > > > > that would be best left forever. > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onfce-UNmmE > > > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onfce-UNmmE> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >