"Ravi, I think you should be in charge of all apologies on this forum. "
I don't apologize to men, most anyway - sorry. But yes - I do bend over backwards to apologize to women, well most anyway. On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 9:57 PM, Emily Reyn <emilymae.r...@yahoo.com> wrote: > ** > > > Curtis, I actually wouldn't have interpreted it this way. Wouldn't have > even occurred to me, honestly. *You* are the one who asked me to pay > "particular attention" to that verse and then put forth the "gang rape" > description yourself as to how *you* had interpreted it, prior to showing > it to your girlfriend who had made the point that the song could have been > talking about "consensual" activities in where the woman was enjoying be > attended to "down in the pines" (and I paraphrase), which is a humorous and > more pleasant way to interpret it, I must agree. > > Carol also thought it was about gang rape and commented to that affect. > > I am glad to hear that there were and have never been any hidden messages > and meanings in what you've ever communicated to me. I like to be > understood as well and don't appreciate it when others' assume incorrectly > what I am posting about without asking me. This is why I asked you - no > harm meant, as I said in the rest of it that was embedded in my post back > to Xeno. I hadn't thought much about it until now - "gang rape" reminded > me of psychological rape - only because they both use the word rape and > then I was like, wait...should I have been offended? I was just riffin' - > don't take me too seriously Curtis. Your first appraisal of my tendency to > amuse myself on this forum is not too far from the truth. > > But, do you know the history behind the song? I like the song, as I do > appreciate and enjoy many styles of music. It was an interesting song and > very poetic. You note below that the lyric was a misinterpretation - by > you? > > Ravi, I think you should be in charge of all apologies on this forum. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* curtisdeltablues <curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com> > *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > *Sent:* Friday, April 26, 2013 9:25 PM > *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: To Curtis - were you trying to PR me? > > > Sensitive Ravi to the rescue. Right, got it. > > It was not a gang rape lyric, that was a misinterpretation. > > But that distinction will not interest you because you are a troll and > your posting intentions are unfriendly. > > You think you are "getting" a person Judy does not like and winning her > approval, but instead you are revealing yourself and your shallow agenda. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula <chivukula.ravi@...> > wrote: > > > > I think a lot of men have incredible difficulty expressing empathy but > this > > one seems very cold-hearted and dismissive, as if the person asking these > > questions had no right to these feelings and/or was irrational for even > > trying to communicate that, viz "I have no idea why you write any of > this" > > - I wonder if this is narcissism, disassociation and/or psychopathy? > > > > Anyway here's one way I would respond assuming I was innocent. > > > > "Dear Emily - I am so sorry to hear that you were disturbed by the gang > > rape lyrics. Looking back it was probably not a good idea to post it or I > > should have cautioned you that the lyrics had references to gang rape - > in > > this day and age one should always be aware that there could be some who > > would get affected by that, especially victims and family members of > > victims harmed by sexual violence. But rest assured Emily I had no > > intentions to PR you, my intentions was just to share some music with a > > fellow music-lover and in retrospect I should have known that some people > > may have found it offensive. I hope you are feeling better." > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 8:51 PM, authfriend <authfriend@...> wrote: > > > > > ** > > > > > > > > > > Hmm, as much as Curtis asserts that his goal is "to be > > > understood by other people here," it doesn't seem that > > > he is willing to respond to the question Emily asked > > > him: Why did he make a point of calling her attention > > > to a verse about gang rape? Instead he just wipes out > > > her context as if it had never existed. > > > > > > Obviously she found it disturbing. Why wouldn't he > > > respond--unless that's what he wanted, for her to be > > > disturbed? > > > > > > Man, there are very creepy things going on on this > > > forum lately. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I have no idea why you would write any of this. > > > > > > > > I shared music with you that I perform in my show. It has no meaning > > > directed toward you except I thought I was sharing interesting music > with > > > another music lover. > > > > > > > > To be clear: There are no hidden messages or meanings directed toward > > > you by any music I ever shared with you on this board, ever. There are > no > > > hidden messages toward you in anything I have ever written to you > here. I > > > have tried to be clear about what I meant at all times because my goal > is > > > to be understood by other people here. > > > > > > > > Lets chill on sharing music. It apparently isn't working. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emilymae.reyn" > <emilymae.reyn@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi Curtis: Hey, I was just responding to Xeno on his psychological > rape > > > > > post and this spontaneously came off my fingertips: > > > > > "nor did I [feel psychologically raped] recently, when Curtis > referred > > > > > me to the gang rape lyrics of a song he posted. I probably should > have > > > > > then, come to think about it, but I just figured I had crossed his > > > > > boundary again, unknowingly, like I did the first time. I was > teasing > > > > > him; he got angry...." > > > > > God bless it, were you trying to publicly PR me? Did I not pick up > on > > > > > that? I'm kind of slow on the uptake sometimes, it's true. You > never > > > > > did explain to me why you referred me to the lyrics you did. If you > > > > > were, than I say "Fuck you, man, fuck you." If you weren't than > maybe > > > > > you could explain it to me. Am I right in my assumption above? > > > > > I know you ain't a country guy, in terms of music, but here's a > song > > > > > from George Jones - RIP, that may bring you back to a performance > > > period > > > > > that would be best left forever. > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onfce-UNmmE > > > > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onfce-UNmmE> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
