Yep, DNA.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> LOL. But I'll react to it the way Robin should have:
>
> "Yes, I struck my brother. It wasn't a punch, it was
> a short, focused 'shuto' strike to the solar plexus
> that left him sitting on the floor gasping for air
> for several minutes, but I struck him.
>
> "I felt it was appropriate at the time, because he
> had just beaten up our 70-year-old father and was
> trying to do the same with a 70-year-old neighbor,
> screaming that "You people don't even EXIST." I
> felt that it was appropriate to remind him that
> we did, and that he was out of control.
>
> "In retrospect, I could have accomplished the same
> 'reality check' with a straight jacket, as the
> facility we had to check him into did, but I didn't
> have one handy. Mea culpa."
>
> Several words for Doc, paraphrasing his approach:
> "Yes, I'm enlightened, and that makes me so much
> better and more compassionate than the rest of
> you who aren't!" :-) :-) :-)
>
>
> > --- 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.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
