--- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@...> wrote: > > Wow, nothing like hearing an excellent reputation that my ass > now has to try to live up to! Thanks Marek! > > "Untethered" is such an excellent word. I think the egging on > has to do with the fact that some of the new posters figured > out the social system. If you throw mud at Barry and Vaj and > myself, certain people will have your back.
Says Curtis, parroting one of Barry's more ridiculous excuses, a variant of the one he borrowed yesterday. It was a simple > social formula that has shielded some posters from a more > unanimous group, WTF? In this particular context I think > there is a callus (callous, adj.; callus, noun) (This correction is provided so Curtis can make a show of thanking me for it while pointedly ignoring the rest of what I said.) > disregard for the welfare of this person being played as a > pawn. There is something unseemly going on in this dynamic, > and I appreciate your speaking up. "Do you really not understand that Ravi has actual problems that shouldn't be speculated about on the Internet like he is our private intellectual toy?"--Curtis to Robin, awhile back > > I have been fascinated by how far people can stretch their oft quoted > principles to encourage the enemy of their enemy. It is revealing many > trollish agendas here. But with kind words from some posters here, like > yourself, I feel as if there is another option for those who value it. > > Thanks man. > > > --- In [email protected], "marekreavis" <reavismarek@> wrote: > > > > It's not my habit, at least for the last year or so, to interject my > > opinion into an ongoing thread, but following FFL for the last month or > > two, it's amazed me to observe the willingness of some folks here to > > glorify and encourage what, in my opinion and experience, appears to be > > some very untethered behavior by some of the more recent and prolific > > posters. > > > > And even more inexplicably, to gang up on Curtis, for attempting, in a > > straightforward yet still compassionate way, to engage in a reasonable > > exchange with, and criticism of, those individuals. > > > > For what it's worth, in my estimation Curtis is a true, shining example of > > what I'd always hoped the TM movement to produce. There's certainly no one > > on this board from whom I've learned more. > > > > Curtis certainly doesn't need any endorsement from me, but I felt compelled > > to write, regardless.
