Interesting thread from the past, Richard: So, Barry punched his brother very hard in the stomach, to stop him from beating up a neighbor, after the brother beat up his Dad. Then you have Barry with his anti-social tendencies, who is only prevented from physical abuse, by the distance between his keyboard, and those he hates.
One word: DNA. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <richard@...> wrote: > > > > > > My guess is we've all done wrong and or stupid stuff at some point > > > in our lives including lying and physically hurting others even > > > those we love. So I vote for pragmatic and universal compassion. > > > Just to be clear, by pragmatic compassion I don't mean the allowing > > > of abuse. I mean something along the lines of hate the wrong doing, > > > have compassion for the wrong doer but don't allow them to continue > > > wrong doing. > > > authfriend: > > I guess you're not talking about FFL, then, huh? Unless > > you have some magical formula that prevents wrongdoers > > from continuing their wrongdoing. > > > > As to "physically hurting others," I suggest you speak for > > yourself. My own guess is that most of us have managed to > > avoid physical violence, to those we love as well as to > > those we don't. > > > Barry hit his brother in the solar plexus? > > "That was a general-purpose rap that had nothing > to do with my brother. It was about the silly > solipsist wannabees on this forum and about solip- > sists in general." > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/176100 > > > > For yourself, steer clear of abusive behavior and do what's > > > necessary to protect those who aren't able to protect themselves. > > >
