--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: <snip> > This > > is the part that *isn't* true. It's designed to > > embarrass me into not commenting on his posts. > > Could be; I don't really know. Getting you to feel embarassed, > I can see, because I've been there (see below). But to embarass > you into not commenting? Maybe so, maybe not. How can we really > know? It would seem you are making him out to be a *total moron* > if his true motive has been only to shut you up, since obviously, > as you point out, this tactic hasn't even remotely worked in God- > knows-how-many years.
He's a control freak, Rory. He can't help himself. Has nothing to do with intelligence or rationality. > Now I *do* know that parts of us (or parts of me, anyway) indeed > appear to be essentially moronic, unthinking, repetitive habit- > patterns that continually fail to accomplish the stated motives of > the larger self. But I've found on closer look that these habit- > patterns are usually sustained because they *are* accomplishing > their own goals as best they might; they're actually quite content > with the status quo, and/or are afraid of what the alternative(s) > might bring them. Sure, it's part of the whole "more and more" paradigm--you go after either what brings you more pleasure, or less pain. So that's my hypothesis here: that on the level > of the patterns doing the interacting, both you and Barry *are* > quite content with the status quo. The fact that this status quo > hasn't changed in so many years tends to support my hypothesis. In > other words, it's what IS, so it must be Perfect! :-) Well, yeah, everything ultimately is perfect, so that isn't really saying much. On the relative level, however, I know I enjoy this forum more when Barry's not around; and I suspect Barry would enjoy it more if I weren't around. I'd enjoy it a *lot* more if Barry stayed around and got a clue, dropped his phony act and chronic dishonesty, started giving his intellect a real workout instead of flabbily flopping around in the shallows, took responsibility for what he said. Then he'd be fun and stimulating to interact with instead of being a pompous, boring pain in the butt.
