--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > > > wrote: > > <snip> > > > > Just as an aside, I continue to be flabbergasted > > > > that dishonesty and hypocrisy aren't at the top > > > > of folks' lists of deficiencies, and that they > > > > seem to tolerate them as easily as, say, the > > > > deficiencies of being abrasive or of nit-picking. > > > > > > I look at it as a matter of what I can do anything about. > > > > Oh, well, there's plenty you could do about it, > > of course. Barry's actually quite responsive to > > criticism (even from those he considers his "enemies," > > just because he doesn't want to prove us right). > > > > Haven't you noticed how exceedingly mellow he's > > suddenly become, in his exchange with Curtis, for > > example? They're both falling all over themselves > > to be tolerant and gracious. > > > > Once in a while it gets through to Barry that he's > > not acting quite like the Cool Frood he'd like you > > all to think he is, and then, for a little while, at > > least, butter won't melt in his mouth. > > > I should have added to the above, "or care to do anything about". In > the grand scheme of things, Barry's supposed transgressions or yours > for that matter are not critical for me to attempt to fix (and even > saying it in this way seems absurd). I pretty much take the biblical > view on this one: > "And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but > considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?"
Thought-stopper in this context. So you're OK with deliberate dishonesty? > > But, to each their own- if you see it another way, I am OK with that. > 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
