FWIW Masked Zebra Ravi seems to be a decent guy underneath his persona. But he doesn't seem to want to share that level of himself here too much. I wouldn't take all the bizzaro putdown pimp whore talk personally. It is more formulaic than focused on what you really write here. You wont get a back and forth from him on any topic but if he decides to take something more seriously for a minute he can be very entertaining. As he says he is drunk on the divine and that is probably the best way to deal with him. (If by divine he means jello shots) He can be a cheery contributor to the madness here and he certainly grew on me. (till I got some wart-a-way)
I hope you continue to post and find your groove here once you have us all sorted out. I believe your contribution here is highly unique and I for one have been digging your posts. As I get to know more about your perspective I hope I can lob some questions your way that you might find interesting enough to consider. I only knew OF you when I was at MIU in the late 70's, so it is nice to hear from the man behind the mask. (or zebra if you prefer) Oh and if it wouldn't be too much trouble, do you think you could sprinkle in a few paragraph breaks now and then? I hate to have to fight the format to get to what you are saying. I hope you feel welcome brother. --- In [email protected], "Ravi Yogi" <raviyogi@...> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], maskedzebra <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > You know, Ravi Yogi, Rick Archer invited me to post on this blog. When > I looked over the blog, it seemed pretty dangerousthat is, as I > said to RA, I might get eaten alive by the sacred monsters on this blog. > Perhaps for my own good, I don't know. But I was somewhat apprehensive > about posting here because it seemed from my first impression that I > might really be in for it. But I posted several times; no problem. Then, > this morning, I discover YOUR POSTS. What I lack (I am sincere here, > believe me) is some context within which to understand your dismissal of > me in the terms you have used: Prodigal Pimp. Who knows? maybe it fits > perfectly, but it's just I haven't come across this characterization of > myself. Perhaps, after being eviscerated on this blog by Ravi Yogi I > will beat a hasty retreat. It depends on whether you can substantiate > this judgment of me (PP) or not. Meantime I will (you will understand > this) have to resort to the most disguised as well as the most blatant > irony in order to protect my reputation in my own eyes. After all, it's > not what other people choose to think about you, it's what you think > about yourself. I just want to defend myself to the utmost (on behalf of > myself) so as to put off as long as possible the possible impact of this > indictment. The indictment implied in your unflattering estimation of > me. Should I take this personally, Ravi Yogi? Or should I just play > along with you, seeing whether you really will knock me off of this > blog? Could it beI am just speculating herethat you, as a born > Hindu, assume as a given an assumption about the validity of the Eastern > view of reality which itself needs to be challenged? But I don't know > nothing, Ravi. I am only (as you can see) taking the measure of this > opposition which has suddenly come out into the open. I don't relish one > of them food fights that sometimes get started on this blog. If you are > going to deliver the real intellectual ordinance, why then I'll have to > anticipate possible permanent injury. And I will step away and nurse my > wounds, hoping they don't prove fatal. > > > > No, really, Ravi Yogi, I am a nice guy. I think you've got be wrong. > Give me a chance, will you? > > > Welcome to FFL, Rick Archer invited me as well and I got hazed. I'm just > continuing the long tradition of FFL hazing. But I gave my hazers hell, > they are still licking their wounds especially Barry aka turquoiseb. You > are indeed too nice by comparison :-) >
