--- In [email protected], "heshiepothead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "heshiepothead" > > <heshiepothead@> wrote: > > > > > > Reading you and Barry is like watching the middle east. It was > > > really "quiet" for a while (relative lack of bickering) but it was > > > just too good to be true. > > > > Did you have any comment to make on Barry's hypocrisy, > > ageism, and sexism? > > > > Or are they perfectly OK with you? > > I didn't say you were particularly at fault
You didn't say Barry was particularly at fault, either. It's that assumption of moral equivalency I'm addressing here. (plus, you notice I > placed Barry's name first). But it does seem to be default > behavior. He likes to get people riled up and goes out of his way > to do so. You seem to get particularly riled up by him and a few > others so it works out perfectly. (And I like to make comments on > other people's behavior from the outside) > > Do you notice that no one else seems to care? Yes, it's amazing to me that no one cares about the few people here, Barry one of them, who indulge in the most extraordinary hypocrisy, not to mention insults and just plain outright falsehoods. That seems to be OK with everybody, which I find mind- boggling. Appeasement and peace at any price, I guess. > It did seem to quiet down work for a while, there was much less of > a personal feeling to the more polite replies-as if you/Barry had > finally decided, what the heck, why keep this going-something like > that. > > But what do I know? Yeah, I'm not sure you've got the full picture. For starters, Barry swore awhile back that he was never going to comment on any of my posts or refer to me in any way ever again, even claimed to have killfiled me. He's done that many times before, both here and on alt.m.t, so the chances that he'd keep the vow this time around were pretty slim; and, in fact, he did not, as you see. It's *very* rare that Barry comments politely on any of my posts, directly or indirectly, so I'm not sure where you thought you saw an increased level of politeness. As for me, I simply say whatever I think needs to be said, if anything, about Barry's posts. If they're reasonable, accurate, and respectful, and I have something to add, I'll do so along the same lines. If they're outrageously false, illogical, hypocritical, and/or insulting, I'll point that out. Whether he's in responding mode has nothing to do with whether I critique his posts. All I'm interested in is setting the record straight. (As you may have noticed, he never addresses critiques anyway; he just lets loose with a barrage of ad hominem-- exactly what he criticized TMers for doing a few threads back.) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/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/
