--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam
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--- Gillam wrote:
he was more interested in
truth as he saw it than in converting someone
else. Surely you can see how the two can coexist.
This last sentence doesn't make sense. It should be,
Surely
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--- TurquoiseB wrote:
my life experiences have shown me that the
word truth is basically an illusion, a name we
put on our current state of attention and
point of view. ...
Fairfield Life has given me a strong appreciation
of the malleability of truth. As
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam
jpgillam@ wrote:
--- Gillam wrote:
he was more interested in
truth as he saw it than in converting someone
else. Surely you can see how the two can
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
snip
This has led to some maddening exchanges here.
Someone would be taking Rory Goff to task, for
instance, about some claim he made about Brahman
consciousness, and Rory would respond with, Yeah,
what you
--- authfriend wrote:
--- jim_flanegin wrote:
However his overall tone was both
truthful and respectful in my opinion.
I wasn't commenting on anything more than that...and the obvious
contrast between the POV expressed through the President of Iran's
letter and the haughty,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam
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A few years ago we had a regular contributor to
this forum called L B Shriver. L B was real good
about engaging posters of all stripes, no matter
how ideologically slanted they may have been.
He was the
Forwarded to LB. he'll appreciate your comments.
on 5/10/06 8:11 AM, Patrick Gillam at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- authfriend wrote:
--- jim_flanegin wrote:
However his overall tone was both
truthful and respectful in my opinion.
I wasn't commenting on anything more than
--- TurquoiseB wrote:
--- Gillam wrote:
Anyway, I think the Mahmoud Ahmadinejad letter
should be given the L B treatment. Take it seriously
and reply point by point.
Just to play Deva's advocate :-), doesn't this
imply a desire, or a need, to convert either
the person one is
--- Gillam wrote:
he was more interested in
truth as he saw it than in converting someone
else. Surely you can see how the two can coexist.
This last sentence doesn't make sense. It should be,
Surely you can appreciate the difference. Thanks.
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--- authfriend wrote:
snip But that's the *game*, don't you see? He acts
all humble and respectful and religious knowing
perfectly well how they're going to respond,
knowing it'll make him look good to the rest of
the world and the Bushies look bad.
--- In
TorquiseB writes: snipped
I guess it's fun, if you get off on that sort of
thing, but another kind of dialogue consists of
each person presenting his or her view, followed
by others who present *their* point of view, but
without trying to rip the first poster a new
asshole. Those who
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- authfriend wrote:
snip But that's the *game*, don't you see? He acts
all humble and respectful and religious knowing
perfectly well how they're going to respond,
knowing it'll make him look good
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@
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--- authfriend wrote:
snip But that's the *game*, don't you see? He acts
all humble and respectful and religious knowing
--- jim_flanegin wrote:
when I read the President of Iran's letter,
with its frequent mention of God and the Christian values and Jesus,
I support it fully, possibly more than the author does, and see it
as a positive development in bringing greater light into this hidden
war, because
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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snip
So, coming full circle, when I read the President of Iran's letter,
with its frequent mention of God and the Christian values and
Jesus, I support it fully, possibly more than the author does, and
see it as
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@
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So, coming full circle, when I read the President of Iran's
letter,
with its frequent mention of God and the Christian values and
--- jim_flanegin wrote:
--- authfriend wrote:
--- jim_flanegin wrote:
when I read the President of Iran's letter,
with its frequent mention of God and the Christian values and
Jesus, I support it fully, possibly more than the author does
Did you understand him to be
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam
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--- jim_flanegin wrote:
--- authfriend wrote:
--- jim_flanegin wrote:
when I read the President of Iran's letter,
with its frequent mention of God and the Christian values
and
Jesus, I
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason Spock [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I had mentioned that Creation of Israel is probably the biggest
mistake of the 20'th Century. Partitioning a state creates all kinds
of complications.
The only solution for Peace, is to reverse back to 1947
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, scienceofabundance
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No...not MMY. Another enlightened leader is now saying the same
thing:
http://news.yahoo.com/fc/world/iran
Puts MMY in good company, doesn't it?
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, scienceofabundance
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No...not MMY. Another enlightened leader is now saying the same
thing:
http://news.yahoo.com/fc/world/iran
Puts MMY in good
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk
shempmcgurk@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, scienceofabundance
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No...not MMY. Another enlightened leader is now saying
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@
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--- authfriend wrote:
--- jim_flanegin wrote:
It is respectful, insightful, balanced and truthful. Secretary of
State Rice betrays her wish for 'wargasm' (vs. orgasm) at her and
our country's peril.
You really think Ahmadinejad's letter has that much
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Comments interleaved.
--- authfriend wrote:
--- jim_flanegin wrote:
It is respectful, insightful, balanced and truthful. Secretary
of
State Rice betrays her wish for 'wargasm' (vs. orgasm) at her
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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snip
I did notice that he wasn't doing a 'compare and contrast' thing
between his job and Bush's. However his overall tone was both
truthful and respectful in my opinion.
I wasn't commenting on anything more
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