>
> --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On Apr 23, 2006, at 11:03 AM, authfriend wrote:
> > >
> > > > Not as Barry told it, at least initially. He admitted
> > > > some who were watching did not see Lenz levitate, and
> > > > he claimed to be supremely unconcerned with whether a
> > > > camera could have captured the feat; he thought objective
> > > > proof was irrelevant and actually mocked those who
> > > > suggested it was important.
> > > >
> > > > So it's hard to see how this differs from Jim's experience
> > > > in that regard.
> > > >
> > > > The *difference*, again, is that Barry uses his
> > > > experiences--of levitation and generally--to put other
> > > > people down and exalt himself.
> > >
> > > You just can't let Barry go, can you?
> > >
> > > Stop trying to prod him into confrontation.
> >
> > How could I? He has vowed (again) to ignore me.
> > Surely you can't be suggesting that he doesn't
> > have the self-control to resist?
> >
> > I will continue to comment about Barry if and when
> > I see fit, Vaj. Please don't give me orders.
> >
> > In any case, I was responding to a poster who was
> > criticizing Barry's critics but getting the *basis*
> > for their criticism wrong. I pointed out that the
> > critics don't criticize Barry for recounting his
> > experiences, as the poster seemed to think, but
> > rather for using the experiences as a weapon against
> > others and a means to exalt himself.
> >
>
> I personally don't care of Barry exalts himself or whatever. I *do*
> prefer that everyone makes their definition for some term clear if
> it's well outside the common useage used by the rest of the group.
Fine, that's yet another basis for criticism if he
tries to pass off his own usage as the common one.
The point I was making, though, that he has a need to
believe he's being criticized because his critics are
jealous of his experiences, which is just wildly
delusionary, not to mention self-serving.
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