---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <steve.sundur@...> wrote :
Excellent reply Dan. The drone goes on forever seemingly. I can attest to the "forever". My question is: Why is bawee so defensive and so intolerant of other's viewpoints? This is a person who just can't stomach the idea that others think differently than him and when they do (which is very, very often) he attacks them personally and viciously. I have never met anyone like him. I wonder if he realizes what he does and how it makes him look. And there are a couple of people here who actually support him in this. Astounding. I mean, what do they think he's saying most of the time that is even remotely true or interesting or without deep, distorted prejudice? Perhaps they just feel pity for him, just like bawee professes to pity all those who chose to live their lives differently than he does. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote : From: "Michael Jackson mjackson74@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> Benjy, Marshy - two hucksters and Nappy, one brain addled sycophant. Barry, can I just rely on Michael's synopsis to capture the essence of your remarks? While I cannot disagree, I think it is useful every so often to remember that at one point WE were sycophants, too. So what was "in it" for the sycophant? I think that the thing that is "in it" for the sycophant is self importance. If the teacher in question is telling them that they are the most important people on the planet, and so important that every thud of their butt on the foam sends forth Wondrous Waves Of Woo Woo to transform the universe into a better place, some people are actually going to buy that. For a while. It's just that *still* believing it all these decades later strikes me as a bit much to ask. :-) Personally, I think that one of the most useful pieces of neuroscience would be a study that managed to visualize in the brain the exact moment in which someone decides "This guy is enlightened and telling me the truth and therefore everything he ever says from now on will be truth." If we knew what that looked like on the level of brain chemistry, we might someday be able to prevent it. :-)
