Ahhh Sharester, I love it when you wax hypocritical. Smile Mary Mary quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells And pretty maids all in a row.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > Judy and Xeno, I'm learning, especially here on FFL, that it's best NEVER to > blast someone unkindly. Whether it's *important to* reminds me of something > posted a few weeks ago: that evil takes over when good people become > prideful. Furthermore, I think it's possible to express one's opinion, set > boundaries, etc. without being unkind. Because really, exactly what does > unkindness accomplish? Does it produce kindness in the abusive person? If so, > then all I can say is that I have seen no empirical evidence of that here on > FFL! > > > > ________________________________ > From: authfriend <authfriend@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 9:46 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi > > > > Â > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" <anartaxius@> > wrote: > > snip > > That may well be true. I don't think one ought to blast > people unkindly unless one feels it's important. It isn't > something to be done casually or for fun. > > > Getting blasted by Barry, and getting blasted by you are, > > for me, entirely different experiences. For me, that recent > > post to Share was the only one, of the ones of Barry's I > > have read recently that comes close to your intensity. > > You've missed quite a few posts of his, it seems. > > Did you see this one, for instance? > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/349106 > > (Actually this is my response, but Barry's post is > quoted in its entirety. Interestingly, not long > afterward, he decided he was going to go back to > not responding to his "enemies." Oh, BTW, below > Barry's post are my responses to two of yours, > which I'm not sure you saw either.) > > Here's another (also with my response at the top): > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/349548 > > > It makes me wonder if somewhere in your life history your > > method of responding to people developed in response to > > some less than pleasant events, or it could a family > > characteristic. > > Neither, sorry to disappoint you. Maybe I was just lucky, > but until I started posting to electronic forums 25 or > so years ago, I'd never encountered this kind of > intellectual and factual dishonesty and gratuitous > obnoxiousness. (You can call that a "less than pleasant > event" if you like, but somehow I don't think it's what > you had in mind.) > > > Some people seem inclined to confrontation and argument > > more than others. So in reply to your last comment, aside > > from the question I asked about percentages, I do think > > you are confrontational and accusatory. I am stating this > > as if it were a fact. But the other side of the coin is, > > do you think yourself that you are this way or not? > > When I think it's appropriate, yes indeed. (The difference > between you and me in that regard is that I'm honest > about it.) > > > Do the people on the forum who are generally favourable to > > you think you are confrontational and accusatory? There > > would seem to be a range of opinion on this issue. > > I guess you've thought more about it than I have. It's not > something I'm concerned about. You probably should ask > the folks you have in mind. > > > I would assume that those who thought you were would tend > > to be more favourable in Barry's direction, and those who > > felt you were not would not be favourable to Barry, and > > even if they thought you were confrontational and accusatory, > > would feel it was justified as you championed ideas and an > > outlook on life they were more comfortable with. > > I have no idea what your point is here. I think people react > to Barry as individuals, not because of how I react to him. > > Maybe you're the exception, though. >
