Its just a technique he uses. Barry loves attention, even negative attention. So if he has to run down Maharishi to get it, so be it.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@> wrote: > > > > Barry takes authenticity and honesty, or their lack, as tools for > > manipulating responses from others on here. That is his entire game; using > > his writing skills to plant emotional triggers in his posts calculated to > > set others off. > > > > He doesn't care if he said the exact opposite the day before, or makes > > stuff up. Its all about Hah - you flinched! That's it, and that's all there > > is. > > Plus trying to take a shot in almost every post at the only Saint he ever > briefly met, Maharishi. > Very strange. The Dolly Lama must be proud of him. > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > > > <anartaxius@> wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > In other words, on the forum, he is not typically socially > > > > engaging, and my experience with women indicates they > > > > usually require some socially engaging etiquette to feel > > > > comfortable, and Barry does not provide this. I am not > > > > saying I would know how to provide this either. > > > > > > I'm not sure how well these generalizations hold in any > > > specific circumstance, especially on a forum like this. > > > For one thing, there's a lot of variation among both > > > women and men with regard to the need for socially > > > engaging behavior; and for another, an electronic forum > > > deals strictly in words, with no cues from facial > > > expressions or tone of voice or body language. In terms > > > of your generalizations, that would seem to favor men > > > and frustrate women. Perhaps women who are comfortable > > > in this setting tend to be those who require less in the > > > way of socially engaging etiquette. > > > > > > Some of the men here do provide such etiquette, at least > > > at times (Curtis, for example, and, interestingly, > > > MaskedZebra), but in my observation, most do not. That > > > has never bothered me (in fact, sometimes I deliberately > > > ignore an offer of social engagement because I sense > > > it's a tactic, deliberate or unconscious). > > > > > > <snip> > > > > But it is his stand-offishness with regard to feelings > > > > and an unwillingness to engage that drives many to > > > > distraction here > > > > > > I don't think that drives anybody to distraction, Xeno. > > > As I said in another post, I think the primary annoyance > > > is with his inauthenticity (from his propensity to tell > > > deliberate, malicious falsehoods all the way down to > > > his appalling lack of self-knowledge). > > > > > > That's certainly *my* problem with him--not that he > > > doesn't engage, but that he's fundamentally a phony, a > > > fraud. Authenticity and honesty are baseline values, > > > as far as I'm concerned. > > > > > > For a recent example of Barry's dishonesty, see this post: > > > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/281603 > > > > > >
