Barrykins, I might take a shot at your challenge if you would undertake to rewrite this post and the immediately previous one so that they recognizably reflect reality.
I don't think you can do it. Prove me wrong. We'll wait... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Because my work deadline is over and I have some free time this morning, > I thought I'd have a leisurely breakfast in one of my favorite writing > cafes and write, rather than rush in to the office. Be warned. :-) > > This warning may particularly apply to this post, because it's going to > be one of those OPEN LETTERs that Robin Carlsen became so infamous for > here on FFL. It is directed to a small group of people here, and its > subject is...uh...in the Subject line. > > This small group -- consisting primarily of Judy, Ann, Jim, Ravi, and > Richard/Willytex -- seem to spend almost ALL of their time on this forum > penning screeds about the people they don't like, telling these people > what's *wrong* with them, and exhorting them to *change*, and presumably > become "more like them." > > So in this rap I'm asking the question that should be obvious to anyone > who has noticed these people's "posting trends" -- WHO THE FUCK ARE > *YOU* THAT WE SHOULD GIVE A SHIT WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT US? > > It's a question worth asking, n'est-ce pas? It was a question that > should have been asked more often about Robin, too, back when he was > penning his short-story-length "You *must* listen to all the things I'm > telling you are wrong with you, and you *must* reply to each point I > make, so that I can demonstrate how 'in control' I am" screeds. I mean, > the guy was a substitute school teacher whose real-world > accomplishments, as far as I can tell, consisted of having become a > minor cult leader before being run out of town, writing a few books that > no one read, and then hiding out for 25 years. And *we* were supposed to > CARE what *he* thought of us? Give me a break. > > And Robin actually had more "street cred" than any of these others, who > have taken up his mantle of "Read every word I write about you, respond > to it point by point, and *change* into what I want you to change into." > Judy is basically a stay-at-home glorified schoolmarm, correcting other > people's writing for a living. She never met Maharishi, and never was > any closer than the "cheap seats" to the spiritual movement she > constantly tries to defend and make excuses for. She doesn't seem to > have had any spiritual experiences worth writing about, and doesn't seem > to have any personal life worth writing about. That's probably why she > focuses so much on other people. > > Jimbo is a retired tech trainer whose primary accomplishment in life > seems to be being the only person on planet Earth to believe his claim > that he's enlightened. As far as I know, he never met Maharishi or was > really involved with anything TMO, either. Ravi never even *learned* TM, > and is here only because he can get people to pay attention to him, > something he never seems to have accomplished in real life. I mean, > we're talking about a guy who has left "breadcrumbs" of his life in his > posts here that record a steady stream of losing jobs, losing his > family, and losing his mind. And yet he feels that *he* has the right to > lecture others and tell them what's *wrong* with them? > > Ann I don't know much about, and to be honest don't care to. She has > struck me since shortly after her first appearance here as primarily a > spoiled-little-rich-girl groupie type, who has a history of glomming > onto people more charismatic than she is and emulating them. I don't > know whether she ever met Maharishi, either, or any other real spiritual > teacher. (Hint: Robin doesn't count.) Richard's an Internet troll from > Texas with a sordid past involving prairie dogs that we won't go into > here for reasons of propriety. > > But these are just the impressions I've gained of these people based on > what they've written to Fairfield Life, and may not reflect the whole > story. So I'm offering each of them the opportunity to reply to this > OPEN LETTER and "set the record straight." > > We all know by this time that nothing we can possibly say can stop you > from spending most if not all of your 50 posts per week ragging on your > avowed "enemies" on this forum and exhorting them to "Change, damnit!" > We know that you will all continue to demand apologies for actions that > didn't concern you, and that only affected other people. We may > *suspect* that the reason you do this is that you have nothing else > going on in your own lives, and thus have to spend all your time > focusing on the lives of others. But here is your chance to correct all > these "false impressions" of who you are, and present some reason WHY we > should bother to read the stuff you write about your "enemies" here, > much less CARE about it if one of us happens to be the "enemy du jour." > > Tell us a little about yourselves. Go into detail. Tell us about your > real-world accomplishments, and the number of people who in real life > look to you as a veritable pillar of wisdom on the basis of them. > Explain to us the WHY of your seeming assumption that we "should" take > you seriously, and "should" be affected by the things you write about > us. Here's your chance. Don't blow it. > > We'll wait... >
