--- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of authfriend > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 6:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Breaking News > > > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > <snip> > > I'm not saying the AMT folks haven't contributed a lot > > - they have. But they brought old grudges and sloppy > > posting habits with them which may have more than > > counterbalanced their contributions. People needn't > > unsubscribe, but if they can't voluntarily change old > > habits, we're going to impose some control. I've > > resisted this a long time because I'm not a control > > freak, but I think a majority here (including many who > > have left, discouraged, but would return if things > > improve) support this. > > *I* support it. But I think you're going about it > the wrong way, and I don't think you've correctly > identified the real source of the problem. > > If you were to take aside (i.e., in private email) > a few of the people who are most responsible for > the gratuitous(*) attacks--and they're primarily > attacks *on* TM supporters, not *by* TM supporters-- > and tell them they had to stop it or they'd be banned, > I'll bet you'd see a quite remarkable improvement in > a very short time. > > Just as an experiment, you might want to look over > Barry's "Things TMers Believe" quotes and read them > in context. A very substantial number of them are > responses to attacks by TM critics, primarily by > Barry himself. > > If I were to post a compendium of quotes from Barry's > posts attacking TMers, I wonder if you'd offer to > archive it. Somehow I doubt it. > > There's a files section on FFL in which anyone can archive > anything. There's also a links section in which you can link > to any post. Maybe Barry is finished with that little exercise.
Which you suggested he archive. If I'd posted a compendium of Barry's attacks, would you have suggested I archive it? I don't think so. > I'll bet that anyone who read your post (the one I'm > responding to here) thought, Oh God, she just doesn't get it. > We're sick of hearing Judy's opinion of Barry and vice versa. Just where did I say I planned to post such a compendium, Rick? And do you also bet anybody who saw Barry's latest compendium--which he actually posted--thought, Oh, God, he just doesn't get it? We don't care > how justified your self-defense is, just drop it already. Forget the guy > exists. If he does the same with you, the forum will improve immensely. >
