--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > > > Ann's turn to PLONK. Simply amazing! > > > > > > from google dictionary > > > > > > de·bate > > > /diËbÄt/ > > > Noun > > > A formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or > > > legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. > > > > > > Verb > > > Argue about (a subject), esp. in a formal manner. > > > > > > Synonyms > > > noun. discussion - dispute - argument - disputation > > > verb. dispute - discuss - argue - deliberate - canvass > > > > It does no good to point out to compulsive arguers > > that they're compulsive arguers, Share. They're not > > really human beings; they're just EGOs trying to > > assert themselves and (in their minds, at least) > > "win" some imaginary battle that is going on only > > inside their heads. > > > > Isn't it fascinating that the SAME people who could > > not see that Robin's behavior *had never changed* > > from the Bad Old Days we've read about and the > > Equally Bad New Days on FFL are the people who > > *act just like him*? > > > > That is, they all seem to live for *confrontation*, > > for luring (or badgering, or insulting, or slander- > > ing) people into one-on-one "battles" with them. > > I honestly believe that for many of these people, > > the ones who have been doing it the longest, that > > the goal is no longer to "win," and assert their > > opinions or their POVs as "better" or "more true." > > They're "in it" for the battles themselves. What > > their EGOs *get off on* is that direct battle with > > other EGOs. > > Says Barry, injecting his particular strain of poison. "I have no EGO but boy > can I make people feel bad or talk about myself incessantly, comparing what I > do to all the other EGO bloated losers around here to show how despicable > they are. Now listen to ME, I've got more to say, DON'T you walk away, I was > talking. Hey, get back here, I'm not done...(squeak)". <snip>
Oh well, he IS inadvertently very entertaining...I was laughing at the image above, because I was imagining something similar; Barry at the center of an ever growing circle of emptiness, with those nearest growing ever further away, with Barry screaming desperately, "I said Fuck You! FUCK YOU! NOTICE ME!"
