"... On Jul 12, 6:03 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: ..."
> Yes- you do seem to be veering into a personal attack based on dislike > rather than a difference of opinion. You are not my judge and jury, > gruff- lighten up.//Society, including the law, government and the > military would fall apart without standards of conduct and > communication. I offered that as a means of disarming what might possibly have been construed as an ad hominem attack. However, I was not attacking you personally. I am pointing out contradictions in points and statements you have made here and elsewhere. And I'm sorry but I do detect an undercurrent of animosity toward men which is not without credence. After all I'm something of an expert in women who have issues with men. I came from a family of them which explains why there were no men in my life growing up. None of them ever wanted to come home to all the animosity. Of course I didn't figure that last part out until I'd matured and put individual pieces together into a cogent picture. One particular comment of yours that has been stuck in my head for quite some time -- and I'm paraphrasing here -- but I recall you once saying you were afraid to hire a handyman to do some of work around your house "... because all men are violent ..." and you were fearful he'd kill you. That was the most prominent and revealing comment you made which was why it stuck in my mind so vividly. It also explained a lot of your other comments when talking about relationships. That's a lot of paranoia you exhibit and it has been substantiated by numerous other, but less abrupt and concise statements which indicate an irrational fear of men. Now granted, I've a similar mindset toward women given the character and morality of the women who raised me but I try to maintain an awareness of it and not let it affect my relationships with women -- but it does in spite of my concerns. So I'll allow that some of what you perceive as an ad hominem attack may be influenced by that but for the most part, I'm merely stating what I see. You can take offense at it or you can take it for what it's worth, but no animosity attaches. At least not from this end. I'm just trying to explore human behavior and the reasons for it.
