--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... <no_reply@...> wrote: > > No, I don't mean Richard or Judy. I specifically meant you, Barry, when I > referred to 'mean people'. Your posts are often gratuitous jabs at others. > They create enmity, and tension, which you apparently enjoy, when it is aimed > at others. Then, all the falsehoods and digs in the world can't stop you. > > But ya see, Barry, what that sort of behavior also does, is make you > hair-trigger sensitive, when others give you a taste of your own medicine. So > you howl like a cat, with your tail stuck under a rocking chair, without > recognizing why. > > Howl away.
I can only say that while watching the fracas ensuing over the last few days that it has both undermined my faith in humanity and at the same time given me a smattering of hope. There are some severely mean people here and then there are merely those who feel empowered and encouraged to jump in with two flat feet once they feel there is enough mob mentality to support their otherwise underwhelming personalities. Then there are others still who appear benign yet can't help the froth and the drool that appears once they see an opportunity to provide payback for past perceived transgressions. You all know who you are. But interestingly, the people who I find time and time again to be consistent and funny and powerful in their contributions here always hold my attention more and better. I keep looking for something redeeming in those others; those 'little' and mean contributors but often fail just as I continually look for the negative qualities in the posters who I tend to most appreciate. Now, how many here feel they have accomplished something positive and good lately here at FFL? By the way Doc, you're in my worthwhile posters category. You are smart, funny and often potent in what you have to say. I'm enjoying Qualicum right now. Horses, summer warmth, extended family and a beautiful bed and breakfast. > > --- > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > More to the point, Steve, as the motto says, "Mean > > > People Suck". So for those who spew a lot, it is > > > helpful for them to shut their mouths, and swallow > > > their pride, once in awhile. It improves everybody's > > > digestion. > > > > Gee, I guess you don't mean "Mean People" as in > > Richard digging up an old post about my brother > > so he could use it to make derogatory comments > > about me, or you and Judy "piling on" to make > > further comments? > > > > You know, the brother who ended up killing himself? > > > > Yup. It wasn't near to the time I had to poke him > > in the solar plexus to get him to wake up and > > realize how out of it the alcohol and his mental > > problems had made him. He actually thanked me for > > that, got some help, and for quite a while it > > looked as if he'd gotten both under control, and > > was doing better. But then he relapsed and hit > > the bottle again, and in a fit of alcohol-fueled > > depression he shot himself. > > > > But don't let that stop you from making comments > > about my "DNA." Now do you see what I was getting > > at by mentioning *your* brother and your "AIDS DNA?" > > Feels a little different when the shoe's on the > > other foot, doesn't it? > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray27" <steve.sundur@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Pretty mean stuff. Does this mean you have reckless gay > > > > tendencies Jim? > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Yep, DNA. > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ 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" 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
