--- In [email protected], "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Judy writes: > Sure. But it would be more accurate to say (of the > ant and Barry), "That isn't the kind of attack that > can do you any damage." What makes it an attack is > the intention of the attacker, not the effect on the > attackee. > > Tom T: > The thought stopper for me in this was who and how is the intention > of the attacker known. By inferrence it can not be an atack until > the intention is known so it starts out as just a statement > intended to cause a laugh. At some point it would appeat that the > person recieving the statement intending to cause a laugh has to go > inside and make a judgement that they know that the writer of said > statement intended to hurt them specifically. It kind of sounds > like mind reading in that the uninttending attacker has to read > the mind of the attackee to know AH this will really p*ss this one > off and then goes ahead and posts it anyway. On the other hand the > supposed attacked may have a world view that assumes all comments > are attacks, or the supposed attacker has a personal vendetta that > is a known fact. This seems pretty convoluted to me. Maybe we just > need to laugh more and worry less. Tom T
<snore> I'll try again, briefly. To laugh *at* someone is, virtually by definition, an attack. Confirming that one is laughing *at* somebody is therefore equivalent to stating one's intention, so no minds need to be read. Please note that in this instance neither Lawson nor myself was the target of the attack; we were commenting on the hypocrisy of the attacker claiming it *wasn't* an attack on the person being attacked. (The attacker, needless to say, went on to attack both of us, not even under the guise of laughing at us; and among other absurdities, pretended that we were somehow "threatened" when we hadn't been the targets in the first place.) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
