[FairfieldLife] Re: Does the size of one's ego equate to their need to argue?

2013-07-10 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Ann's turn to PLONK. Simply amazing! from google dictionary de·bate /diˈbāt/ Noun A formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Does the size of one's ego equate to their need to argue?

2013-07-10 Thread Share Long
dear Obba, as Judy says: dictionaries are fine and dandy, but one must use a little common sense in applying definitions. So here's a little uncommon sense just for fun: Plonk (wine), poor quality wine From: obbajeeba no_re...@yahoogroups.com To:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does the size of one's ego equate to their need to argue?

2013-07-10 Thread doctordumbass
LOL! Yeah, keep telling yourself that. If you say it enough times in your head, you will believe it to be true. Oh wait, you already did that.:-) See, Barry, liberation is not about always pointing out people's faults to make yourself feel better. That is what someone with no silence within

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does the size of one's ego equate to their need to argue?

2013-07-10 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... no_reply@... wrote: LOL! Yeah, keep telling yourself that. If you say it enough times in your head, you will believe it to be true. Oh wait, you already did that.:-) See, Barry, liberation is not about always pointing out people's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does the size of one's ego equate to their need to argue?

2013-07-10 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Ann's turn to PLONK. Simply amazing! from google dictionary de·bate /diˈbāt/ Noun A formal discussion on a particular topic in a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does the size of one's ego equate to their need to argue?

2013-07-10 Thread Richard J. Williams
But then, my EGO isn't terribly attached to the opinions I post from time to time. They're JUST opinions. WHY on earth should I get involved in defending them or arguing about them? Ann: Ho, ho, ho, hee, hee, hee, ha, ha, ha. The guy is on a big ego trip, that's fer sure. He got

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does the size of one's ego equate to their need to argue?

2013-07-10 Thread doctordumbass
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Ann's turn to PLONK. Simply amazing! from google dictionary

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does the size of one's ego equate to their need to argue?

2013-07-10 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@... wrote: Looks like you *did* get something out of TM... Let it go and take it as it comes. But then, maybe  you've always lived that. I don't read enough Barry posts to know I have, I do, and he hasn't. He used to be as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does the size of one's ego equate to their need to argue?

2013-07-10 Thread obbajeeba
I love this woman! Alpha female of FFL! I bow! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ wrote: Looks like you *did* get something out of TM... Let it go and take it as it comes. But then, maybe 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does the size of one's ego equate to their need to argue?

2013-07-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: (snip) Yet on this forum (judging from the posts I skip these days but can grok the essence of just from their first words in Message View), some people not *only* seem to have a constant need to argue, they *also* seem to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Does the size of one's ego equate to their need to argue?

2013-07-09 Thread Share Long
turq wrote: have a corollary need to portray anyone who *won't* argue with them as broken or defective or bad in some way. Judy commented: Nobody has said anything like that for days. Emily to Xeno about Share: worse than that, not being willing to even engage in conversation or debate or play

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does the size of one's ego equate to their need to argue?

2013-07-09 Thread doctordumbass
You really like it down there, huh? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: I find myself pondering this in my writing cafe this evening, because as far as I can tell, given the extent of my eavesdropping French, no one at this cafe is arguing about *anything*.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does the size of one's ego equate to their need to argue?

2013-07-09 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: turq wrote: have a corollary need to portray anyone who *won't* argue with them as broken or defective or bad in some way. Judy commented: Nobody has said anything like that for days. Emily to Xeno about Share: worse

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Does the size of one's ego equate to their need to argue?

2013-07-09 Thread Share Long
Ann's turn to PLONK. Simply amazing! from google dictionary de·bate   /diˈbāt/ Noun A formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. Verb Argue about (a subject), esp. in a formal manner. Synonyms noun.  

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does the size of one's ego equate to their need to argue?

2013-07-09 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Ann's turn to PLONK. Simply amazing! from google dictionary de·bate   /diˈbāt/ Noun A formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Does the size of one's ego equate to their need to argue?

2013-07-09 Thread Ravi Chivukula
Share dear - calm down please, you are getting triggered. Please look up argue in the dictionary as well and see how it compares to debate and engaging in conversation. Let me know if you need any help. Hint: There's an emotional aspect in argue which isn't present in debate. So people

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does the size of one's ego equate to their need to argue?

2013-07-09 Thread authfriend
Share, dictionaries are fine and dandy, but one must use a little common sense in applying definitions. You know and I know and Ann knows and Emily knows and Barry knows that he and Emily were talking about two very different types of engagement, and it's dishonest of you to pretend otherwise.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does the size of one's ego equate to their need to argue?

2013-07-09 Thread obbajeeba
Ravi, you being a neutral and all, could you answer this for me, please? WTF is a PLONK? Thank you, Obba Gopi --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@... wrote: Share dear - calm down please, you are getting triggered. Please look up argue in the dictionary as

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Does the size of one's ego equate to their need to argue?

2013-07-09 Thread Ravi Chivukula
Well dear I'm not neutral and I refuse to plonk this time. On Jul 9, 2013, at 7:18 PM, obbajeeba no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Ravi, you being a neutral and all, acould you answer this for me, please? WTF is a PLONK? Thank you, Obba Gopi --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does the size of one's ego equate to their need to argue?

2013-07-09 Thread obbajeeba
Okay. I understand. Still, WTF is plonk or PLONK? Anyone? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@... wrote: Well dear I'm not neutral and I refuse to plonk this time. On Jul 9, 2013, at 7:18 PM, obbajeeba no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Ravi, you being a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does the size of one's ego equate to their need to argue?

2013-07-09 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba no_reply@... wrote: Okay. I understand. Still, WTF is plonk or PLONK? Anyone? Plonk (Usenet) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Plonk warning Plonk is a Usenet jargon term for adding a particular poster to one's kill file such that the