--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray27" steve.sundur@ wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > Hey, no biggie. I have made plenty of oversights and > > > mistakes but I was a bit disconcerted to think people > > > (yourself and Share) were 'on me' for having this > > > discussion with Curtis which I felt was honest and > > > searching. There is plenty of crazy negativity and > > > projecting here at our alma mater we call FFL but there > > > doesn't have to be even MORE created where there is none. > > > But like I said, I am sure to be the one to make the > > > next blooper so I better not say "I told you so!" > > > > Hey, I guess this is what you call a gracious and classy > > reply, instead of what we might have expected from Judy > > along the lines how how REEEEEEEEALY, REEEEEEEEEALY > > STOOOOOOOPID someone is for making an innocent mistake. > > But that would be the Judester for ya. > > What I find fascinating is that Ann SO misses the point. > That is, that what *she* calls an "honest and searching > discussion" is very much in the model of Robin's > "confrontations," and what Curtis and others have termed > "boundary violations." > > The essence of them is, "I'm going to say things about > you that are negative and demeaning, and it's OK because > I really believe them to be true. Now *your* job is to > respond defensively to them and have an argument with > me, so that I can demonstrate my superiority to you." > She doesn't even GET that she's being consistently > bitchy, mean, and pretending to be oh-so-superior > to the people she tries to lure into arguments with > her. > > This is the act that many of us are so tired of here. > WE DON'T OWE YOU SHIT, much less an argument, just > because you want to have one. We certainly don't owe > you one when you hide your argument-provoking behind > a mask of having an "honest and searching discussion." > > You (meaning Ann, Robin, Jimbo, Ravi, Raunchydog, and > others who specialize in this form of "discussion") > have the right to say whatever you want about us, > because that is guaranteed by Rick's "anything goes" > guidelines for Fairfield Life. What you seem to be > forgetting is *our* right to blow you off like the > aggressive, bitchy argument addicts you are, and to > ignore your silly asses. > > If you find this "failure to pay attention to you and > your obsessions" offensive, or even an insult...GOOD. > If that is the case, you may actually be (belatedly) > getting the point. > > The whole *concept* of people waiting impatiently in > front of their computers (as we all know Judy is), > waiting for the new "posting week" to start so that > they can rip into another of their "enemies" is > FUCKIN' EMBARRASSING. Judy doesn't get this, and > never will. Seemingly, neither does Ann. She keeps > running the same tired old numbers over and over, in > a seemingly never-ending quest to lure people into > same boring, unproductive arguments that Robin > specialized in trying to provoke and that Judy has > built a nearly twenty-year "career" in provoking. > > Can you say "Low standards in role models?" I think > you can. > > Grow the fuck up. Just because you don't like us, or > because you insult us as often and in as many ways as > you can think of doesn't mean we owe you a response. > Curtis has IMO gone out of his way to try to have > rational discussions with several people who cannot > conceivably be described as rational themselves. That's > just the compassionate way that he rolls, and I commend > him for having the patience to do so. > > Me, I'm just not drawn that way. I think the chronic > abusers should either grow the fuck up or shut the > fuck up. I'm not going to encourage them by responding > to their taunts.
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