turq, I'm sorry about your brother. It sounds like you cared about him a lot. Hope you all had some good times too.
________________________________ From: turquoiseb <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 1, 2013 9:09 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: compassion --- 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
