In other words, "heads I win, tails you lose". That seems to be how you frame interactions.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" curtisdeltablues@ wrote: > > > > BTW from now on, any missile Barry lobs your way is hereby > > labeled a bang flag on a toy gun, and I will delight in > > pointing our whether it causes you to get "freaked" about > > it. But only to help you improve your skills understanding > > other people's POV here. > > BTW from now on I doubt I will be lobbing any > even "bang flag" missiles her way, or Robin's, > or Bob's. I've done the "setup" for this week's > experiment, and now they are free to react as > they wish. Judy has only one more post this week > in which to do so, so we'll see how attached she > is to holding a grudge when she returns next week. > > It's been fun "chumming the waters" a little > this week, but a kind of fun I will have less > time for soon, so don't hope for more of it. > > When it comes to the people I have taken "bang > flag" potshots at, I have either made my case, > or I have not. Unlike them, I don't feel that > repeating it ad infinitum is going to convince > anyone of anything. They are free to continue > to try to make any case against me they wish, > if they'd like. As if -- if my assessment of > them is correct -- they have any choice. :-) > > I really am hoping to "step away from the news- > group" a little. As you've probably noticed, > there is little said here that interests me > intellectually all that much these days; I just > can't identify with much of it. So I have (mea > culpa) tried to fill the "interest gap" by > perversely pushing a few easily-pushed buttons. > But there's really no challenge even in that > any more, since the buttons are SO easily > pushed. Better I should do like the more > sensible posters here and just lay low until > and if something is said that I actually > find interesting. > > Or not. We'll see... >
