--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula <chivukula.ravi@...> wrote: > > Ha, ha, ha - an idiot judging a Telugu Brahmin's core competency? > > Tch, tch - Did I hear that right? > > OMFG - will Ravi be devastated by this idiot's judgement, this person > reputed for making frivolous, careless, reactive (read idiotic) posts? > > Will my evening be spoiled or am I all smiley face, LOL, ROFL & ROTFL?
Just put on a Bollywood offering and chill. You'll be fine. Maybe cook up some popcorn. You'll be fine. Sing along with your favorite songs. You'll be fine. > On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 10:00 PM, seventhray27 steve.sundur@...wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > Ravi, > > > > A little advice mano a mano. Stick with posting animal videos. That's > > more inline with your core competency. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@ > > wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 9:13 PM, seventhray27 steve.sundur@...: > > > > > > > ** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Carol" jchwelch@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I'm only a lurker in this dialog. I haven't read all the exchanges > > that > > > > have gone on in the latest conflict. Until these last few posts, I knew > > > > next to nothing about what you have expounded here Judy. Thanks for > > filling > > > > in some history for me. I don't know if I will go back and read all of > > the > > > > recent conflict or the prior history, but at least I have a place to > > start > > > > if I decide to. > > > > > > > > Think twice about this Carol. Going back and reading the raw feed on > > your > > > > own could be dangerous. You may arrive at a conclusion that could be a > > > > variance with what you have been spoon fed here. Evidently Judy was > > right > > > > about John Knapp, so it might be safer just to go with assumption > > that's > > > > she's right here, rather than putting in the fifteen to twenty minutes > > of > > > > examining the posts from a few days ago that might allow you to form > > your > > > > own opinion. They are pretty easy to find. But there is that risk of > > > > having to bring to bear your own analytical skills rather than rely on > > > > those of others. > > > > > > > > > > How hilarious is your response oh seventhray - there is no evidence of > > > anyone "spoonfeeding" her, if you read her message you can clearly see > > that > > > she's not passing any definitive judgement - merely stating her opinion > > > based on Judy's take on Knapp - are you fucking dumb, read her line > > below - > > > "Could she (Judy) be right again?" > > > > > > You do not show any analytical skills let alone basic comprehension - > > what > > > a hypocrite you are to question her analytical skills, clueless, pathetic > > > LOL.. > > > > > > I question you once again - do you think your frivolous, careless, > > reactive > > > posts demand an equal footing with posters like Emily or in this case > > Carol? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Reading the bit I have as I have lurked, the dialog is all too > > familiar > > > > within the anti-cult circles I've had brushes with. Projection. > > > > Sidestepping accountability for one's words. Speculating of other > > people's > > > > motives. > > > > > > > > > > As I've read, I've not been sure who to believe and wondered why I > > even > > > > care. I thought how I sometimes long for innocence and wish to be an > > > > ostrich...as trite and childish as that may sound. > > > > > > > > > > I wrote some thoughts earlier after reading Judy's initial post > > today, > > > > trying to work through some of the muddle in my own head as I've read > > bits > > > > of this recent conflict. > > > > > > > > > > In writing those thoughts, I wondered why am I muddled? Why does this > > > > stuff even matter to me? Should I state anything publicly? Will I sound > > > > foolish? What if I do sound foolish, what difference does it really > > make? > > > > Has some of the dialog 'triggered' my own stuff that I am still working > > > > through after my involvement in a 'cult' and certain anti-cult 'cults?' > > > > > > > > > > I questioned my own biases and fairness. Do I judge other's motives? > > How > > > > much do I project? How much do my biases play into reading others? Like > > > > others, my own experiences have caused me to be less trusting of > > others; I > > > > already had been well trained to not trust my self and was gaining much > > > > ground in that area until the Knapp crap. I have picked up many of > > those > > > > pieces, but reading this recent dialog brought some of that stuff up > > again. > > > > > > > > > > Years ago, Judy had read Knapp correctly and called him out. I won't > > go > > > > into how I had rationalized the Knapp I thought I knew when I first > > came to > > > > FFL in 2010(?) or maybe it was 2009(?) and read some of Judy's posts > > > > calling Knapp out. I would never (at that time) have imagined she > > would be > > > > so spot on. But she was. Could she be right again? > > > > > > > > > > I'll stop here... > > > > > > > > > > A few of my muddled thoughts...for what they're worth. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" authfriend@wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula > > <chivukula.ravi@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for this, you knew Curtis was twisting here since > > > > > > > they were full of mutual admiration back then. Robin was > > > > > > > certainly a very fascinating character but I couldn't > > > > > > > understand Robin's fascination and admiration for Curtis > > > > > > > when he came on board but then figured he would have to > > > > > > > figure Curtis out for himself, which he did. > > > > > > > > > > > > Curtis was on his very best behavior, at his most charming, > > > > > > with Robin at first. Their dialogue was really scintillating, > > > > > > some of the best I've seen on any Web forum. It was beautiful > > > > > > to see how much Robin was enjoying himself after his bleak > > > > > > quarter-century in virtual exile. He just expanded like a > > > > > > flower. > > > > > > > > > > > > I had no clue what was going to happen down the road. Even > > > > > > after they first began to fall out, reading their exchanges > > > > > > was like watching a highly competitive contest between two > > > > > > extremely skilled players. After each post, you couldn't wait > > > > > > to see how the other guy could possibly top it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't believe you and I ever interfered in their > > > > > > > correspondence, I certainly never did > > > > > > > > > > > > At one point toward the end I became a topic of their > > > > > > arguments, and I had to step in and correct some things > > > > > > Curtis said about me that were not accurate. But > > > > > > otherwise I just soaked up their brilliance. > > > > > > > > > > > > > and had zero interest in their dialogue at that point - I > > > > > > > used to be too high anyway. > > > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, you were doing your own thing. If you ever have a > > > > > > dull patch, though, go back and take a look at their > > > > > > exchanges. Terrifically entertaining, and heart-wrenching > > > > > > to watch it crash and burn. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
