--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula wrote: snip > Feste and Steve are not around but your sweet-talking, damsel in distress > routine means there are no dearth of shameless, brainless, clueless idiots > who are ensnared into defending you at all costs - why, Steve's grandson is > one of them, continuing in the illustrious footsteps of his grandfather. Hey Rav,
I really wouldn't put Judy in the category of "damsel in distress", but evidently you do! LYLAB > On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > Judy if it's not, as you say below, you with whom I need to make it right, > > then why have you spent the last almost 8 months badgering me about it?! > > I'm actually starting to think that you don't want me and Robin to > > reconcile. In fact you said something to that effect just recently to > > another poster. > > > > As for the records, if you want something expunged from them, then I guess > > you need to speak to Rick and or Alex about it. But again, I actually > > don't think that's what you really want either. No, I think what you > > really want is an excuse to keep attacking me for some seriously neurotic > > reason that exists only in the depths of your neglected psyche. > > > > I'm guessing that Robin has not asked you to be his spokesperson in this > > matter. In that case, I have nothing further to say to you about it, Ms. > > Becoming More Sanctimonious Every Nanosecond! > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* authfriend authfriend@... > > *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 24, 2013 8:37 PM > > *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: to azgrey was what a Sunday on FFL > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" feste37@ wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > You are sounding like a pompous, finger-wagging ass, authfriend. > > > > > > > > (Says feste pompously, wagging his finger. Gee, and just > > > > yesterday I had melted down and was reduced to sputtering > > > > Yiddish insults. Pretty quick recovery, wouldn't you say?) > > > > > > Indeed, an excellent recovery. Back to your normal self in > > > no time. > > > > I never was *not* my normal self, feste, as hard as you > > tried to make it appear so. > > > > > The thing is authfriend, I actually like you, but it makes > > > me mad when you lay into Share the way you do. > > > > Obviously. (You can call me Judy, by the way.) > > > > > It seems unfair and disrespectful. Share enjoys FFL, and most > > > people here appreciate her, > > > > I'd need to see a poll, but this isn't a voting issue. In > > any case, I don't think many here really understand what's > > involved. > > > > > so I wish you could stretch yourself and be a little bit > > > nicer to her. Why should that be so hard? The incident > > > that seems to bug you most took place so long ago, why > > > not just forget it, let it go? > > > > Because it was a terrible, awful thing for her to say, a > > *malevolent* thing for her to say, something that was > > intended to do serious damage to a person who had done > > and was continuing to do his damndest to rectify the > > situation. It was based on Share's misunderstanding of > > something entirely innocuous that he had said. She needs > > to retract it and apologize to him, for the sake of her > > own soul if nothing else. > > > > > You talk all the time about honesty and truth, but such > > > things are not always as black and white as you would like > > > us to believe. Our opinions about all kinds of things can > > > change as we reflect on them and consider them. A person > > > can react in a certain way at the time to some incident > > > involving someone else, but later (days, weeks, even months), > > > the incident might seem rather different to them than it did > > > at first. So they start to recontextualize it, to think of > > > it in a different light. This happens all the time in > > > relationships. It doesn't mean the person is being dishonest. > > > Indeed, sometimes it means that they are in fact being very > > > honest -- to their changing feelings and understandings about > > > what took place. > > > > Generally speaking, all this is true, but not always. I do > > not believe that was the case here, for a number of reasons > > that I've already explained *and documented* a number of > > times that your apologia cannot account for. I don't think > > Share can account for them either, and I strongly suspect > > that's why she has refused to provide a straightforward > > explanation--because if it were honest, it would reflect > > very badly on her, and perhaps even worse on some others. > > > > > Share has tried in her own way to make it right with you, > > > so why not take a step or two toward her? > > > > It isn't me she needs to make it right with. And the steps > > she has taken have been designed to get me off her back > > without revealing the real story. She has also refused to > > retract the accusation she made against Robin. She says > > only that she isn't making that accusation *now*--but the > > original accusation is still on the record. It needs to be > > explicitly taken *off* the record; it didn't even come > > close to being true in the first place. > > > > This wasn't just a minor misstep, feste. This was > > scandalous and entirely indefensible. I would suggest you > > read over my posts to Share about it and her responses, > > because I don't think you've retained the crucial details > > from when you read them the first time (assuming you did). > > > > > > > > > > >
