P.S.: Notice how speedily Barry managed to come up with a distraction from the point of the original post, which concerned the irrational hatred of Palin that generates the ugly falsehoods about her.
That isn't anything he wishes to contemplate, or to have others contemplate. Change the subject, quick, before anybody thinks about it! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jst...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > An exercise in language, for your amusement: > > > > 1. Take a generic quote, a description of someone unnamed. Something > > like this one: > > > > "The truth or falsity of the various ugly stories that are > > circulated about _____ is entirely irrelevant. The hatred > > comes first--from where is the big question--and the > > falsehoods are generated simply to justify it." > > > > 2. Now "fill in the blank" with the name "Vaj." Whose > > name immediately pops into your mind as the person this > > quote is describing? > > I think many of us would fill in "Maharishi," and "Vaj" > would pop into mind as the person the quote is describing. > > Or "Judy/Raunchydog" and "Barry," respectively. > > How very odd that Barry would think Vaj is disliked for > himself rather than for the falsehoods and ugly stories > Vaj tells about MMY and TMers. >