> > If an enlightened being were still up at 3:21 A.M., > > alone in a room stalking her enemies on the Internet, > > Which paranoia would a paranoia-picker pick, if > a paranoia-picker could pick his paranoia? > > > and that enlightened being farted, would it make a > > sound? > > > > And would anyone be in the room to smell it? > > Barry's annoyed, you see, because he got caught > in two dumb errors in one seven-line post he made > fresh after a night's sleep and a cup of coffee, > by someone who was up late and on the verge of > turning in. > > And how does he vent that annoyance? By showing > himself to be at least as paranoid as those whose > paranoia he'd been mocking. > > As I said, he's been *very* entertaining lately.
Last I checked, paranoia entailed being *afraid* of something or someone, feeling threatened by it. Examples would be Peter's rants recently about Freemasons trying to fuck with his beliefs, Nablus' and others' claims that TM critics are paid to fuck with them by the CIA, and others being seemingly so terrified of Vaj and his comments that they feel compelled to demonize him. As opposed to, say, laughing hysterically at someone who act that way and inviting others to laugh at them as well. Babe, YOU are the one who has been up between the hours of 2:30 to 3:30 AM two nights in a row compul- sively writing posts denigrating someone you have an established history of not liking, and whom you have been doing this to for almost 12 years. You made a total of six posts during these two late- night posting sessions. Dare I mention who *every one of them* was in reply to? (I dare -- all six of them were in reply to one of *my* posts.) Me, this morning, I was just having breakfast, after a long, peaceful night's sleep. And I encountered some posts from Peter, from Jim, and from you that I found absolutely hilarious. So I wrote a few fake koans in reply to them, laughing the entire time, and inviting others on this forum to join me in that laughter. My efforts may not have been the funniest writing on record, but I think I can rest assured that at least a few people here joined in the laughter, especially that which was aimed at you. So...to return to Remedial Psychology 101 for just a moment, someone who stays up until 3:30 AM so that she can write just one more post trashing the person she's been trashing for 12 years (let alone six such posts) might *just* qualify for the desig- nation "stalker." On the other hand, someone who responds *to* that stalker by laughing at her and inviting others to do the same doesn't quite fit the definition of "paranoid." For the record, I do NOT consider YOU quite as paranoid as I do the people I mentioned above. One of the definitions of paranoia is that the things that paranoids fear are irrational, and are often based on fantasy. What YOU seem to fear the most is being laughed at, a fear that seems strongly based in reality.
