Damn dude, when does your vacation end? You need a good boot in the pants and some decaf.
--- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Ravi Yogi" <raviyogi@> wrote: > > > > Barry I have read your message and I disagree with > > everything you say :-). > > Ravi, that is your right, and I encourage you to > continue doing so. :-) Compare and contrast to > several other people's approach on this forum, > in which disagreement is seen as not only a sin, > but an indication of a fatal character flaw. > > I will, in fact, retract my suggestion that you > only seem to be able to come up with something > to say when it's "piling on" to one of the three > folks on the Enemies List. You have gotten into > other conversations here, and contributed to them. > I commend you for that and hope that you continue > that trend. > > My comment was to poke you a little over the -- > as I see it -- LAZY aspect of your contributions > here. It really doesn't take a lot of intellect > to play "pile on." Another thing I was pointing > out is that the *instigators* of the ongoing > Bash The Three Bad Guys sessions tend to be the > same five people, over and over. It's as if -- > from my point of view -- they harbor a grudge, > and are desperate to get in the "last word." > And not just once, but over and over and over. > > We have an opportunity right now to see whether > I am correct. One of these instigators, told in > no uncertain terms that from the other person's > point of view the long, protracted discussion / > argument he'd been lured into had reached its > conclusion and that nothing new was ever going > to be said, the person who wanted (some would > say desperately) to prolong it responded by > posting 360 lines (2,345 words) of retort, as > her "last word." > > I think it'll be interesting to watch, and see > what happens. The other party has an opportunity > here to allow her to *have* the last word she > craves so desperately, and just let the matter > drop. He also has the opportunity to fall for > one more attempt to get him to punch back against > Uncle Remus' tarbaby and get himself stuck in the > argument again. I personally hope that he takes > the latter route, because if he does that will > set up an interesting experiment. > > How would the instigator react if he fails to? > > Will she let the argument drop and post about > other things -- NOT just for the rest of this > week but for weeks and months in the future, or > will she just lie in wait for the victim's next > post, no matter what the subject, and attempt to > insult him back into a head-to-head again? > > My point in all of this -- IMO proven by the > things that the instigator carefully snips out > of her compulsive replies to every post in which > I mention them -- is that what we're dealing with > is OBSESSION. My suspicion is that whether the > victim becomes one again and gets sucked back > into this particular argument or not, she will > within a very few days attempt to start another > one. It's like a law of nature. She's obsessed. > > Or, I could be wrong about this. Watch, and > decide for yourself. > > I no longer reply to anything she says, and rarely > bother to read any of it because by this time I've > learned that I can tell what is going to be said > in the first two lines. As, I suspect, can pretty > much everyone else on this forum. Vaj also rarely > bothers to interact with her one-on-one because > he's seen the movie before, and know that doing so > will inevitably devolve into a long waste of time > ended by her declaring "victory." Maybe Curtis -- > saint that he is to still be willing to talk with > her at all -- will do the same, and limit himself > to the first two exchanges in any post in which > she hides her true intent and hasn't managed to > turn it into a Bash Curtis Session again. > > If so, WHAT WILL SHE DO? What will her "posse" do? > > My suspicion is that they'll go a little batshit > crazy and turn up the OBSESSION dial to 11, and > over the next few weeks redouble their efforts to > start all the bickering up again. > > But only time will tell. I've made my prediction. > Now it's up to the instigator herself -- and you, > as one of her co-dependents -- to see what you're > going to do. If we ignore you, will you have the > strength of character to do the same with us? > > Your call. Over and out... >
