--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was thinking about the problem I'm having along with > others regarding many of Akasha'a posts and I realize > that his satire/sarcasm completely stops any > conversation. How can you resond to posts "replete" > with sarcasm/satire? You can't. You want to > respond,but there's nothing to say.
Thats odd. Literature is replete with witty, sarcastic, ironic, parodistic, mimicing and quite entertaining if not thought provoking banter. It can even open the "gap" -- through its multi-level meanings and layers. I surely hope this is not an admission of witlessness. Or have you simply been driven to your wit's end? Well, carry on. Better to be f half-wit man than no man at all. Of course if you are saying my wit is able to stop your mind completely, perhaps I could go on the neo-advaitist satsang circuit and "stop minds" literally. Oh the deep hsotile rage undoubtedly embedded in that statement. I am so ashamed of myself! I say undoubtedly because it just makes me laugh. But if the good doctor sees rage, rage must be there somewhere. > There's no > entrance into the conversation. If with doors of perception are closed, I suppose. > An occassional > well-placed sarcastic response can be great, Your "lets get back to gurus boning students and other important matters" comes to mind, as particularly well placed wit in your apology to Tom Pall. It really emphasized your seriousness. > but when > the entire post is just a sarcastic riff, what can you > do? Nothing. Well, you are clearly speaking for yourself here. Frozen stiff by a witty retort -- unable to fathom any response - I can see why this whole topic and practice both scares you and enrages you. I used to have a 14 year old client who > was extremely bright, very verbal, and very, very > clever, but he was constantly going off on these > sarcastic riffs that prevented any authentic > relationship to form. You can't have a relationship > with someone who is constantly sarcastic. I would imagine it has to do with the level of wit involved. Oscar Wilde was quite sarcastic. Are you saying that you could not have a relationship with him? Or Woody Allen. Or Jerry Stienfeld. Or Sarah Silverman. I would pick Sarah for reasons beyond wit. But she would keep me laughing too. Is it hard for you to laugh? A dinner with Jerry Stinfeld would make you sad because his sarcasm would be to overpowering. Best never go see Don Rickles then. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Need Help? Get Help! Tools and Strategies for Healthy Drug-Free Living</a>. http://us.click.yahoo.com/wI.OUB/dbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
