--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > > <j_alexander_stanley@> wrote: > > > > > > Judy, your analysis is, of course, dead on accurate. But, I can't > > > help but think you take Barry far more seriously than he takes > > > himself. I always assume he's just joking around when he posts > > > bullshit just to get a rise out of people. > > > > In my observation > > What do you mean, your "observation"???? > > You have been directly PARTICIPATING in Barry's dialogues for over > 10 years (all can confirm that by visiting Google Group Advanced > Search).
Um, did I suggest otherwise? My *observation* had to do with how Barry presents himself. Perhaps you should actually read what I wrote. > > If the energy you and Barry put into your daily pissing contests > could be bottled, the over-supply on the energy market would bring > oil down to 32 cents a barrel... > > > > > > > > over more than 10 years, Barry > > adopts the *pose* of not taking himself seriously, but > > it's only that, a pose. It's designed to allow him to > > wiggle out of his dishonest statements and attacks when > > someone catches him. The attacks themselves are deadly > > serious, as is his intention to mislead and deceive > > others. > > > > You can't really tell that this is the case unless > > you've followed his posts and exchanges over some time. > > Just for instance, he'll say something untrue in a > > post that one *could* view as just kidding around, but > > then sometime later he'll bring the falsehood up again > > in a serious discussion as if it were established fact > > and base an argument on it. > > > > He's sometimes pretty clever about it. I'd bet that > > if you were to have taken a poll immediately after he'd > > posted what I quoted about the issue in the thread > > being the right to express oneself--i.e., his bogus > > parallel with the Muhammad cartoons thread--a majority > > of those who read that post would have thought he had > > a point. > > > > And that's a pretty serious charge, that those of us > > who have been criticizing Feste don't think Feste has > > a right to express his views. > > > ------------------------ 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/
