Ya know that Edg has reached the bottom of his already-small intellectual barrel when he has to try the "shame the ex-pat for running away from his country" routine. :-)
Anyone who still identifies with nationalism and thinks of themselves in terms of loyalty to the patch of dirt they were born on and the glory of staying on it deserves the life they get. Others travel, and identify only with what travels with them -- their selves and the Self. If one were to treat their pronouncements as some kind of rule or truism, then Edg Duveyoung and Judy Stein and Willytex -- the ones who have so often repeated this tired old misplaced jealousy of those who got the hell out of Dodge represent with their lives and the way they walk *their* walk the "happiness karma" of nationalism and "staying put" in one's country of birth. You do the math. Mark Twain said, "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness." I wouldn't go so far as to say "fatal," but it sure can put a dent in the armor of prejudice, bigotry, and narrow- mindedness in my opinion. Others feel that they should stay at home and polish their armor. Again, use your assessment of their own happiness levels to judge the effectiveness of their stay-at-home philosophy. As input for those of the Edg-Judy-Willytex School of Just Stay Put And Glory In Being American as an excuse for why they're too lazy to see the rest of the world and experience what it might be like to live there, I pass along the information that the Americans who actually *do* travel are regarded these days by people in the rest of the world as a curious anomaly, and one worthy of interest and potential friendship. It is so rare to see a real, live American living in so many places in the world that the presence of one indicates that this is someone who has chose to Find Out For Himself rather than sit at home in front of the TV and the computer and claim that they know what the elephant of the world is like by feeling the screen. "Six wise, blind elephants were discussing what humans were like. Failing to agree, they decided to determine what humans were like by direct experience. The first wise, blind elephant felt the human, and declared, 'Humans are flat.' The other wise, blind elephants, after similarly feeling the human, agreed." :-) Edg, you'd do better to stick to trying to demonize me as an unrepentant sexual predator than as a cowardly American ex-pat. More people in the world mindlessly agree that the former is evil these days than the latter, which is actually regarded as an indicator of sanity. :-) Or, you could be honest for once and try to diss me for what is really causing the bug up your ass -- the fact that I laugh at the imaginary friend you call God, and at you for still needing one at your age. --- In [email protected], Duveyoung <no_re...@...> wrote: > > Judy, if Barry gets to rail about me "projecting," and asserting that it must > be my broken personality that does so, then, hey, goose/gander time, sez moi > -- if Barry's "walk/talk law" is upheld then he's projecting HIS own > criticism of himself. > > Byron Katie time. Cue snare drum. > > And ain't it just the truest thing about him -- that he cannot be held to any > talk if it requires him to walk it? > > Onliest walking he ever has done is away from his country, his gurus, his > cultural values, his integrity, his sense of decency, his birth karma (ran > away from the goal/challenge of being a life supporting American,) and let's > not forget his familial roots. > > Edg > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > I have written before on the difference between talking > > > the talk of one's spiritual path and walking the walk of > > > it. And yes, as some have said, I have written about it > > > enough that they claim to find it boring. I think that a > > > larger reason than "boring" for the people saying this > > > might be "I couldn't find a way to refute it the first > > > time and I can't find one now, so I'm going to call it > > > 'boring' in hopes that he'll stop saying it." :-) > > > > Actually, I called your raps (not just this one by any > > means) "repetitious," not "boring." Interesting that > > you felt you needed to escalate the criticism, but I > > guess "repetitious" didn't work so well with your > > fantasy about the "larger reason" for the criticism. > > > > The whole point of "repetitious," of course, is that > > your trademark "raps" have been *repeatedly refuted*. > > You keep bringing them back, in slightly different > > clothing, in the hope that this time they'll pass > > muster. > > > > Sorry, Charlie. The new outfit for the "rap" in > > question suffers from the same poor workmanship in > > its current iteration as all the other times you've > > inflicted it on us. > > > > The question is, why on earth did you think you were > > the only one aware of the difference between "talking > > the talk and walking the walk"? It's a *cliche*, Barry. > > It was a cliche long before you ever attempted to > > preach it here. And it doesn't get any more original > > or insightful with repetition. > > >
