> Seems to me there are a lot of "demands" to be replied > to lately, from a lot of people.
Guilty as charged. All I have to say in my defense is that you can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you just might find you get what you need. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You asked me to do something, I did it, and you don't > > give me the courtesy of a response. > > > You still haven't given me your opinion on the two > > 'Natural Law' articles. > > > Rick, did you see my post in which I addressed all > > the reasons that have been given for ...? I didn't > > see any response from you. > > > But what I find fascinating is ... the inability to > > answer direct questions about huge claims. > > > Seems to me there are a lot of "demands" to be replied > to lately, from a lot of people. > > Just a reminder: no one on this forum "owes" anyone a > reply to anything they post, or to any question they ask. > Everyone gets to decide *for themselves* whether to reply > to any poster here, or not. Or even whether to bother to > *read* their posts in the first place. > > On an occult level, asking questions like these, that > are almost by definition going to lead to an extended > exchange and/or argument and trying to taunt the other > persone into replying to them is how "attention vampires" > get others to focus on them, so they can get a cheap > rush from the attention. A couple of them even say this > occasionally without realizing that they're saying it: > > > So if you can answer the below set of questions, I'd be > > the better for it. > > > the only way to do that [force this person to change > > the way this poster thinks he should change] seems to > > be to keep pounding away at the armor in the hope that > > one day it'll just give way. > > Attention vampire stuff. Really. > > > On a more practical level, here's another reason why you > might want to consider passing on a reply: > > > If you played fair -- actually responded to questions, > > I'd write to you about a ton of stuff... > > :-) > > > Bottom line is that reading or replying to another poster > on this forum or any other is YOUR CALL. The other person > demanding your attention has nothing to say about it. > > Something to remember next time you fall for a troll and > find yourself 10-15 posts deep into a draining exchange > and wonder how the hell you ever managed to get into it. >
