Dear Feste37: Don't listen to Judy: she is just having fun. She is not serious. 
Don't believe a word she says. And by the way, *this* post of yours outdoes 
them all. Are you not afraid your steeping yourself in this art—Irony—might 
take away some of that purity and innocence which was so much the signature of 
you when I first responded to you? Then—many months ago—you convinced me of the 
validity of the marriage of East and West—something I would not have thought 
possible up to that moment. This is one of those first person ontology meets 
third person ontology (The omnisubjectivity of the Personal God and the pure 
consciousness of the Impersonal God) coincidences—embodied in the context of 
your post (from waybackwhen—July of 2011?). I carry the memory of that event. 
Because it tended to suggest I was being a little dogmatic. Remember that?

Anyway, assuming you are lighting us all up here, this is superb. But just in 
case you are on the level, I shall guard against unwittingly obeying the will 
of a supernatural power—Judy—whose authority over me I had hardly recognized.

--- In [email protected], "feste37" <feste37@...> wrote:
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> 
> 
> This is harder to understand than a John le Carre spy novel. Is MZ, then, no 
> more than a hapless tool in the hands of the Higher Powers that you are in 
> league with and perhaps even control?
> 
> --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "feste37" <feste37@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I don't understand, MZ. Only a week or so ago you wrote a
> > > long post practically deifying Barry and excoriating Judy,
> > > but now you seem to have returned to your former position.
> > > You are making me dizzy, MZ.
> > 
> > Shhh, don't embarrass him. He flew the coop for a brief
> > excursion, but we brought him back for a little reeducation.
> > Worked pretty well, don't you think? Did some extra "refining"
> > with him, a bit of, er, advanced training, and it shows. His
> > excoriation of Barry today was a significant improvement 
> > over his excoriation of moi a couple weeks back, not just in
> > content but in style and tone. Much more elegant and to the
> > point.
> > 
> > It's all a matter of *motivation*. We gave him the incentive
> > to improve, et voilà, you see the result. Just ignore that
> > unfortunate excursion and focus on the New Robin. A word or
> > two of approbation wouldn't go badly by way of encouragement.
> >
>


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