Alright already.... I humbly suggest folks, it's time to move on. Maybe go to law school.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In > FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Judy writes: > > Sure. But it would be more accurate to say (of the > > ant and Barry), "That isn't the kind of attack that > > can do you any damage." What makes it an attack is > > the intention of the attacker, not the effect on the > > attackee. > > > > Tom T: > > The thought stopper for me in this was who and how is the intention > > of the attacker known. By inferrence it can not be an atack until > > the intention is known so it starts out as just a statement > > intended to cause a laugh. At some point it would appeat that the > > person recieving the statement intending to cause a laugh has to go > > inside and make a judgement that they know that the writer of said > > statement intended to hurt them specifically. It kind of sounds > > like mind reading in that the uninttending attacker has to read > > the mind of the attackee to know AH this will really p*ss this one > > off and then goes ahead and posts it anyway. On the other hand the > > supposed attacked may have a world view that assumes all comments > > are attacks, or the supposed attacker has a personal vendetta that > > is a known fact. This seems pretty convoluted to me. Maybe we just > > need to laugh more and worry less. Tom T > > <snore> > > I'll try again, briefly. To laugh *at* someone is, > virtually by definition, an attack. Confirming that > one is laughing *at* somebody is therefore equivalent > to stating one's intention, so no minds need to be > read. > > Please note that in this instance neither Lawson > nor myself was the target of the attack; we were > commenting on the hypocrisy of the attacker > claiming it *wasn't* an attack on the person being > attacked. > > (The attacker, needless to say, went on to attack > both of us, not even under the guise of laughing > at us; and among other absurdities, pretended that > we were somehow "threatened" when we hadn't been > the targets in the first place.) > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
