--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> What's really amazing is that he uses the same > > > identical tactics over and over and *over* > > > again, without any success whatsoever.
"Rory Goff" wrote: > > > > Actually, I think he's been *highly* successful -- he got > > you to bite yet again, didn't he? "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > I don't think you're reading what I'm writing, > Rory. Try again: > > > > He's been trying for *years*--here and on > > > alt.m.t--to get people to stop responding to > > > me by pretending that "so few people bother to > > > respond to Judy's posts any more." *lol* Yes, it reads exactly the same the second time around. Funny about that! I (still) understand what you think he wants; you believe he's unsuccessfully trying to get people to ignore you. You may be right; I don't know. Now, do *you* understand what *I* suggested? Instead of merely repeating it, I will try rephrasing (see below). > > Perhaps it's not really so much about whether or not other people > > respond to you, but whether or not *you* respond to *him*. > > Rory, with all due respect, you're not exactly > tuned in here. You're right! I'm not tuned in to agree completely with what *you* are saying. It's not that I didn't understand it; I was offering a different look at it. To rephrase: I am suggesting that what Barry *says* he wants, and what he *really* wants, may not be the same thing. He *says* he wants people to ignore you; what he may really want, is to continue to engage you, to "nip" you -- to do whatever it takes to irritate and get a rise out of you, virtually regardless of the seeming content of his posts. If so, I'd say his tactics appear to be working beautifully, and have been *for years*. N'est-ce pas? > > > Either that, or it's a wish-fulfillment fantasy. > > > If he says "so few people" are bothering to > > > respond to me, it'll somehow magically happen. > > > > > > And all the while, despite countless vows to > > > ignore me, he can't stop talking about me. > > > > And vice versa, like two mirrors reflecting themselves > > into infinity! > > Well, no, not vice versa like two mirrors etc. > I've never said I was going to ignore Barry, to > the contrary. No, you're right, and that wasn't my point -- it was simply that you both *continue to pay attention to each other* -- to resonate on the same frequency, more or less, he-said, she-said, into infinity. That's all. That's all that's required. It really *is* quite beautiful. > He *wishes* I would ignore him. Desperately. Maybe. Maybe a part of him does, and a part of him doesn't. How can we really know? > But I don't care in the slightest if he ignores > me; I'll continue to comment on his sophistry as > I see fit. As well you should! What good is one hand clapping? > > So beautiful! Author, author! :-) > > Wrong play, sorry. Apologies accepted :-)
