Well, I will be in charge of apologizing to the men, most anyway, how about that?
>________________________________ > From: Ravi Chivukula <chivukula.r...@gmail.com> >To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> >Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 10:34 PM >Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: To Curtis - were you trying to PR me? > > > > >"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> >>>> > > > >>>> > > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > >
