DrD/Jim-- Rory has apparently chosen not to read my posts, so if I may, I'd like to ask you to pass this on to him:
He has twice seriously misrepresented what I said to him. I corrected him the first time, and he appeared to understand and thanked me for the "clarification." Then he misrepresented me again, the same way. I had to correct him again, but he didn't respond to that post, so I assume he didn't read it. Now, in his post to you, he's done it *again*, worse than before. He seems determined to take my comments about two very specific things he said as a total condemnation of him as a person, and that's just so wrong. *That* crosses a major boundary with me. Has nothing to do with Rory's "trying to have civil conversations with Turq and Ravi." That's insulting in and of itself, especially given that at one point I actually *defended* him from a nasty remark of Barry's. (I also supported him on more than one other occasion, but it seems he's wiped those from his mind as well.) This post to you, DrD, will be the only overture I'll make toward Rory. If he wants to straighten things out between us, it's up to him now. He's welcome to contact me via email if he would feel more comfortable talking privately. Thanks for your help. --- In [email protected], "RoryGoff" <rorygoff@...> wrote: > > OK, I am genuinely curious, Jim -- I have always enjoyed respectful and > heartfelt conversations with you, and you seem to understand Judy and Ravi. > I do get your saying Ravi "has a bug up his ass," but what boundary of Judy's > did I cross, other than trying to have civil conversations with Turq and > Ravi, to get anointed with "the most egregious ego I have ever seen," twice, > followed by "Bullcrap" and "phony as a three-dollar bill"? In what way was > this speaking my language? Again, on some levels this I find this very funny, > but on others I do not. > > What I have learned from it is to keep them both at arm's length, because > after having opened my heart to them as true friends, the intense physical > shock felt like an actual heart attack. > > As some of the symptoms persisted over several days I finally went to the > clinic and they sent me to the ER, but the EKG, blood tests and lung X-rays > (don't ask me why they felt those were necessary) came back clean, much to my > and my wife's relief. > > Go figure! > > *L*L*L* > > --- In [email protected], doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Sometimes you must speak another person's language to communicate with > > them. Maharishi said this, meet them at their level of consciousness, so > > rather than going on and on about compassion and my fellow man, sometimes a > > good go fuck yourself serves equally well. It is not said in judgment, but > > rather in context. An attempt at behavioral modification, as would be used > > on a very stubborn and angry adult child. It shows them immediately that > > there is a boundary there. Not something one would expect to have to do > > around adults, setting social boundaries, but some are childish in their > > state of emotional development. Sorry if it looks ugly from the outside, > > in, but not sorry enough to stop it, if necessary.
