--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" <emptybill@...> wrote: > > But are you free enough not to need > to indulge in exaggerated claims?
Barry has always indulged in exaggerated claims. The problem with Barry is that some people, not knowing any better, take what he says seriously. Add these to Ann's list: I am free to ignore the quack peddling harmful remedies to the gullible; or the radio talk-show host lying about a politician; or the person spreading false rumors about his neighbor's wife. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" emptybill@ wrote: > > > > > > Now it can be told - > > > > > > People who don't like Barry's posts > > > are always free to ignore them. > > > > I'm also free to ignore the friend who repeatedly beats her dog. > > I am free to ignore the woman who has fallen in the street and can't > get up. > > I am free to ignore the fact that my house is on fire. > > I am free to ignore the fact that I am bleeding from a knife wound in > my neck. > > I am free to ignore a baby bird who has just fallen out of a nest. > > > > > > > > This type of selective attention is the refuge of > > > anyone who realizes that human life is temporary. > > > > > > When evaluated by that standard, a large number > > > of FFL denizens of must be "heavenly immortals". > > > > > > How refreshing to find this out. > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > > > j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I'm referring to Barry being hugely in favor of posting > > > > > limits that are, at this point, all about Judy. Which > > > > > is not to say that others are not equally focused on Barry. > > > > > > > > 206 posts' worth this past week, either replying > > > > to something I posted, or mentioning me, just from > > > > the four core members of the MGC alone. Overall, > > > > subtracting the posts *I* made from the total, I'm > > > > mentioned or cited in over a third of all posts. > > > > > > > > I think one could make a case for "focused on." :-) > > > > > > > > > >
