Well I for one really like Bruce Cockburn's music and never would even have known about it had not turq posted some of it so I'm grateful to him for that.
________________________________ From: Ravi Chivukula <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 2:51 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A culture of PR and Spin, ending with...uh...more PR and Spin Barry - I fed your message into my very own patented, perfected text compactor and here's what I got. "Judy, No - don't hurt me. You are nothing, you can't hurt me. Ow, that hurt Judy, Judy don't hurt me." Bruce Cockburn - you think he would have made a song out of this - "Judy, don't hurt me"? On Jun 25, 2013, at 11:21 AM, turquoiseb <[email protected]> wrote: >--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <authfriend@...> wrote: >> >> --- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: >> > >> > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: >> > > >> > > --- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: >> > > > >> > > > --- In [email protected], "Ann" <awoelflebater@> wrote: >> > > (snip) >> > > > > Oh, the "theys" and the "theirs" of the world. Let's >> > > > > just ridicule them to death. >> > > > >> > > > No, let's just ridicule them in the hope that someday >> > > > they learn to laugh *along* with how ridiculous they >> > > > are rather than get uptight when someone points it out. >> > > >> > > In the 18 years I've known you, Barry, I've never seen >> > > you "laugh along with how ridiculous [you] are when someone >> > > points it out" (lost control of your syntax there for a bit, >> > > didn'tcha?). I have seen you *many, many* times get >> > > uptight. You're uptight right now because Ann has pointed >> > > out your ridiculousness. >> > > >> > > You don't walk your talk. You're a fraud and a phony. >> > >> > Judy dear, I am laughing *AT* both of you. >> >> You *thought* that's what you were doing. Then Ann >> pointed out how ridiculous you were, and I pointed >> out your hypocrisy, and you promptly melted down and >> became even more ridiculous and hypocritical. >> >> That's just what you *do* when you yield to the >> temptation to read what your critics say about you. >> >> You need to go back to reading only Message View and >> pretending you don't hear the rest of us laughing at >> you. Especially when you've been holding forth about >> how people should be able to laugh at themselves. > >Judy, Judy, Judy. You forget that you are talking >to people who've watched your trends for *far* too >many years, and thus have noticed that all you are >doing is projecting your fantasies onto the people >you dislike. Same with Ann. You and she have some- >thing in common besides having the worst taste in >guys to become groupies for in human history. :-) > >If someone replies to something you've posted, in >your heads you "win" and declare victory, and brag >about how much you've affected them. If they *don't* >reply, in your heads you "win" and brag about how >effectively you've silenced them. In both cases, >it's all going on in your heads. > >Neither your laughter nor your scorn affect me in >any way. They're like the sounds of a dog farting, >only less melodic. I have fun every so often taunting >you, just to see which form of "Get Barry" you'll >respond with *this* time, but that's pretty much it. > >And WHY should it be otherwise? You (Judy) have >nothing to say worth listening to, much less having >it affect me. All of your "knowledge" is THEORY, >either gained from books or from what was told to you >by people you choose to believe. You have almost >ZERO actual experience along the spiritual path. > >And your world -- not to mention your persistent >fantasies -- ALL seem to revolve around how much you >have managed to HURT the people you hurl your invective >and your scorn at. Pretty much the only person here >who even bothers to interact with you about one of >your pure-theory ego-arguments is Salyavin, and he >does so fully aware of what is going to happen, and >probably for the same reason I interact with you from >time to time -- "Let's see which form her egomania >and need to argue and need to feel superior takes >this time." > >You have *NO* effect on anyone here, unless they allow >you to. Most people have realized that it isn't worth >their time and energy to allow you to. How you're going >to turn anything said to you into an argument is a >foregone conclusion, as is the lack of anything >experiential you'll bring to the argument. > >If you and Ann would like to continue to fantasize about >how much you're *affecting* people here, feel free to >do so. You can even continue to pretend that you're >"getting to" or "getting" the people you have vendettas >against. But it t'ain't so. > >We really ARE laughing at you. When we're not rolling >our eyes and feeling sorry for you, that is. > >As for who is "affecting" whom, we'll see, won't we? > >How many more vindictive, angry posts will you get out >of this thread? How long can you drag it out and make >it last? :-) > >The longer you do, the more you'll believe you're >"winning." But the longer it goes on, the more of a >loser you'll prove yourself to be, and the more you'll >demonstrate exactly WHO in this equation got their >buttons pushed. > >NOTHING you can say can change that. And that's what >pushes your buttons, and makes you behave like this >even more. > >You're a nonentity. *Nothing* you say matters. > >> > No one >> > sane could take *EITHER* of you seriously, or be >> > bothered by anything you say. Get real. >> > >> > If you'd like to laugh *ALONG*, that is your right... :-) >> > >> > >
