I enjoyed your response till you went its all about Barry on my ass Richard.
I am not on board with your use of the term inference and its validity in
gaining knowledge on its own. It is one of the pieces of the epistemological
puzzle and fraught with issues. Nor do I accept that the claim of
From: curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
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I enjoyed your response till you went its all about Barry
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote :
Curtis, I just had a lunch of veggies and salmon so maybe my brain is a little
more up to respond. Maybe! Definitely not as good as Sam Harris (-:
Anyway, my questions are:
1. how do we know that we know? Which is kind of
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---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote :
Curtis, I just had a lunch of veggies and salmon so maybe my brain is a little
more up to respond. Maybe
Xeno,
You are changing your tune today which is clearly not what you stated
yesterday. Earlier, you said that everything that exists has no cause. Then
you said that:
As far as my experience is concerned, I have always existed. The body that
gives me eyes seems to have had prior
, October 21, 2014 8:01 PM
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---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote :
Curtis, I just had a lunch of veggies and salmon so maybe my brain is a little
more up to respond. Maybe! Definitely
Richard,
Your points are excellent. It's good that you reminded us of Aristotle's idea
regarding the first cause and principle. But it appears that there are some
people here who will disagree with you on this point.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote :
Trem23,
Regarding Q1, you have to understand who started this thread in the first
place. The person who started it is a self-proclaimed non-theist. You can
ask him what this means. You may or may not get a consistent answer from him.
Regarding Q2, MMY said that everything in the world
Yes you got the spirit of my thoughts, and thanks for chiming in.The heart
of it was this sentence: ' I include anything that is physical/material, or
anything that interacts with the physical/material.'
especially the . . . and anything that interacts with the physical/material
because
On 10/21/2014 12:07 PM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
Curtis, I just had a lunch of veggies and salmon so maybe my brain is
a little more up to respond. Maybe! Definitely not as good as Sam
Harris (-:
According to Sam Harris consciousness is the only thing that
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote :
This is a lot of airy talk, though telling. My concern after having read it,
is, I feel it was written by someone who takes less than complete
responsibility for their life, and their personal thoughts and actions. Taking
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote :No
Xeno,
You are changing your tune today which is clearly not what you stated
yesterday. Earlier, you said that everything that exists has no cause. Then
you said that:
As far as my experience is concerned, I have always
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, inmadison@... wrote :
there seem to be 2 questions running through this thread: 1) is a belief in
God a mental illness and 2) is a belief in God justifiable.
the first question is too cumbersome for me - having the notion of mental
illness imbedded in
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
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To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, inmadison@... wrote :
Yes you got the spirit of my thoughts, and thanks for chiming in.The heart
of it was this sentence: ' I include anything that is physical/material, or
anything that interacts with the physical/material.'
especially the . .
, October 21, 2014 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
It's such a delight to read something written by someone who can still think,
Curtis. Thanks.
The very IDEA that someone could
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, inmadison@... wrote :
Yes you got the spirit of my thoughts, and thanks for chiming in.The heart
of it was this sentence: ' I include anything that is physical/material, or
On 10/21/2014 1:57 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Richard,
Your points are excellent. It's good that you reminded us of
Aristotle's idea regarding the first cause and principle. But it
appears that there are some people here who will disagree with you on
this point.
/So
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote :
I may not respond point by point Ann. You and I have our clear channel. I
think we get each other. I am more of a one one one poster here. Steve nailed
me recently. He said I respond to everyone in sympathetic response to
That's a nice piece Ann.
I feel as though I have a pretty good idea of the real person behind
people's online persona.
I think you might be referring to Barry in some of what you say here.
I've had a changing relationship with him.
He thinks I've changed. I think he's changed.
As to the first question, mental illness perhaps results from atypical wiring
and growth of the brain, causes not necessarily known. Mental illness is not
considered a contagious disease. So contrary to the title Barry gave to this
thread, the hook if you will, belief in god is not a mental
Xeno,
Thank you for your ideas. I believe we've exhausted this debate. There is no
point to continue.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote :No
Xeno,
You are changing your tune today which is clearly
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Xeno,
I have asked Curtis about his support or evidence for disagreeing with the
statements in the Kalam Cosmological Argument. But he just gave me a lot of
song and dance
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Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 6:18 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
x exists
x does not exist
I do not know what the phrase 'begins to exist' means, especially in regard to
the universe as a whole. If x were
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote :
Yep, Lenz was fucked up, no doubt about it, but I question that he aligned
himself with the 'bad guys'. Despite confusion about it, and longstanding
stories, there really are not any 'bad guys' who can produce any
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Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2014 9:12 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
No, people become insulted. A person saying x might be interpreted by y
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Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
Xeno,
I have asked Curtis about his support or evidence for disagreeing with the
statements in the Kalam Cosmological
My personal take jr. is that those who insist actions have no causality, is
that it gives them a free pass for screwing up their life, and then claiming,
But, I couldn't have known!!.
Curtis is a fairly unsuccessful street performer, and Barry has no skills or
money, or relationships. Ever
: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
Xeno,
I have asked Curtis about his support or evidence for disagreeing with the
statements in the Kalam Cosmological Argument. But he just gave me a lot of
song and dance about his opinions without providing the evidence
On 10/19/2014 6:59 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
I have asked Curtis about his support or evidence for disagreeing with
the statements in the Kalam Cosmological Argument. But he just gave
me a lot of song and dance about his opinions without providing the
evidence for his
the Trifecta of Idiocy. How does a mind *become* this weak?
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To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 1:59 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
Xeno,
I have
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote :
Xeno,
Are you saying that the human mind would not be able to fathom the meaning of
begins to exist? If that is so, how is it possible for you to begin and end
a project at work or at home?
But we know that NASA has been able
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
See what I mean? Curtis refuted John's idiotic argument point by point, and HE
DIDN'T EVEN HEAR IT. The only thing he can do is repeat the same stupid thing
he's already repeated -- and had refuted -- here on FFL dozens of time in
You wish to offload the feelings you have in response to what someone says to
you, about you, about others, to that someone for blame or revenge? In my
experience, whether or not a person is nice or abusive, that person always
distorts another person's values and ideas because no two minds are
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote :
Yes, they are both a piece of work. I think both of them take extreme views,
in social settings, because both of them feel to be outsiders, in the world
they inhabit. Their position reminds me of that of the most
Now if you think Barry is abusive, bitter, negative, and we suppose this were
true, how much space would you allow him to vent his frustrations and give him
the opportunity to grow?
What you seem to forget is that the Turq has been doing his negative routine
here for many years without
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote :
You wish to offload the feelings you have in response to what someone says to
you, about you, about others, to that someone for blame or revenge? In my
experience, whether or not a person is nice or abusive, that person always
Busking and begging for cents on the street-corners while singing the blues
wasn't enough to provide him a descent living. The teaching job must have been
sent from heaven !
I don't know what it means, explain it to me, as you seem to know what it
means. That NASA sent Curiosity to Mars is not logically connected to your
statement that 'it appears that humans know can understand the meaning of
begins to exist. You may have connected it in your mind, but not in the
God would not make bitter, angry, inflexible curmudgeons if He in is sublime
glory did not want it so. Let Thy will be done.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote :
Now if you think Barry is abusive, bitter, negative, and we suppose this were
true, how much
I think you are on the right track Ann. Particularly nettle-some in a
discussion of ultimate origins is time. In current cosmology, time-space did
not exist prior to the universe, therefore there was no time before the
universe's beginning and it is meaningless to speak of events or anything as
: jr_esq@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
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Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 1:59 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
Xeno,
I have asked Curtis about his support or evidence for disagreeing
I agree, Ann. As I mentioned earlier, there is nothing helpful, educational, or
socially acceptable in the way Barry acts, and that should be plainly obvious.
Pointing it out is a normal response, much as I would comment to my wife and
others, were Barry ranting and abusing others, in the
No problem, however, God also, in His sublime glory, allows me to see Barry as
the bitter, abusive, clueless, angry, broke, unhappy, emotionally stunted,
romantically empty, little nobody, that he is!
Yes, Praise God! Let Thy Will Be Done!
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@...
No alcoholics in my immediate family. Sometimes I just like crusty old
bastards. I have to shut down now. I have a couple of prescriptions I have to
fill at the local hospital. They want to stick some needles in this old body of
mine so they can construct a time line to the grave. There was no
For me, turq is like a wounded bear in a cage. I don't think poking at him with
sticks is really gonna improve the situation! Plus, it's really unkind imo.
On Monday, October 20, 2014 10:42 AM, anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
No alcoholics in
More enabling, dude. You are in it, deep. Sometimes I just like crusty old
bastards. You forgot to add, when they share the same bitter and empty world
view, as I do. As I recall, you took me to task for saying fuck too often, so
I doubt it is the crust you like, as much as someone living in a
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote :
I think you are on the right track Ann. Particularly nettle-some in a
discussion of ultimate origins is time. In current cosmology, time-space did
not exist prior to the universe, therefore there was no time before the
universe's
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote :
For me, turq is like a wounded bear in a cage. I don't think poking at him
with sticks is really gonna improve the situation! Plus, it's really unkind imo.
Interesting analogy Share. But at some point you have to realize
Share, Barry needs to learn to live with his karma, like the rest of the adults
here. That is all it is. If it is uncomfortable for him, so what? We all have
our lessons to learn, and the fact that being an asshole is not socially
acceptable, carries consequences with it. Yes, we can all feel
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote :
No alcoholics in my immediate family. Sometimes I just like crusty old
bastards. I have to shut down now. I have a couple of prescriptions I have to
fill at the local hospital. They want to stick some needles in this old body of
Yes, Barry can own his own shit. He is a lousy human being, imo.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote :
For me, turq is like a wounded bear in a cage. I don't think poking at him
with sticks is really
We need to be aware of the fact that there is physical causality and there is
philosopical causality.
In Buddhist philosophy, karma is the theory of action and result based on the
theory of interdependent co-arising or dependent origination which states:
everything arises in dependence upon
?
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*To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
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*Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
Xeno,
I have asked Curtis about his support or evidence for disagreeing
For me, turq is like a wounded bear in a cage. I don't think poking at
him with sticks is really gonna improve the situation! Plus, it's
really unkind imo.
On 10/20/2014 10:58 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Interesting analogy Share. But at some point you have to
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote : ---In
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote :
No alcoholics in my immediate family. Sometimes I just like crusty old
bastards. I have to shut down now. I have a couple of prescriptions I have to
fill at the local
* this weak?
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To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 1:59 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
Xeno,
I have asked Curtis about his support or evidence
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote :
Or, that you're pulling a Curtis on us.
M: It has not gone unnoticed that these little snipes are in place of your
actually refuting what I wrote reasonably. It was you who proposed that the
silly syllogism was a proof for God that would
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Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
Xeno,
I have asked Curtis about his support or evidence for disagreeing with the
statements in the Kalam Cosmological Argument. But he just gave me a lot of
song
of Idiocy. How does a mind *become* this weak?
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To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 1:59 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
Xeno,
I have asked Curtis about
Xeno,
After a long introduction to your reasoning, you state that: I tend to
prefer 'everything that exists has no cause'. Everything is just there. That is
my position.
IMO, you're statement is the same as saying everything that begins to exist
has no cause. But, in either case, your
On 10/20/2014 5:32 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Xeno,
After a long introduction to your reasoning, you state that: I tend
to prefer 'everything that exists has no cause'. Everything is just
there. That is my position.
Everything that exists has a cause.
/The philosophical
'Everything that exists has no cause' is not the equivalent of 'everything that
begins to exist has no cause'. No beginning is stated or implied. I said
nothing about 'begins'. I was talking about existence without time. The
eternity of space and things but no time. Like a still photograph,
Xeno,
I'm flabbergasted at the statements you just said. In the physical existence
of human beings here on earth, everyone has to have a mother and a father.
Were you not created by your father's sperm that impregnated your mother's egg?
Didn't she carry you in her womb for 9 months
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--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote :
I certainly wouldn't have expected you to agree, Curtis, but your response
hasn't changed my
.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
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To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:13 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
Ann,
Your observation is excellent. It appears that for some people here think
that being called a believer is uncool and, a worst, an Ebola case. As such,
they avoid giving any logical evidence for their assertions in order to be
undefined, ambiguous and definitely not known as a
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Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2014 8:55 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
Ann,
Your observation is excellent. It appears that for some people here think that
being
You're both just loudmouthed, weak-minded louts,
Typical of the Turq and a way of behaving he STILL carries with him from the
time spent with his crazy guru.
: Sunday, October 19, 2014 8:55 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
Ann,
Your observation is excellent. It appears that for some people here think
that being called a believer is uncool and, a worst, an Ebola case. As such,
they avoid giving any
Yes, without serious therapy, it is the only behavior he knows. It was deeply
programmed into him, by someone who I believe, was simply a criminal. As much
as I dislike Barry's behavior, he didn't dream it up on his own. However, he is
still responsible, for its consequences, and for his lack
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote :
Ann,
Your observation is excellent. It appears that for some people here think
that being called a believer is uncool and, a worst, an Ebola case. As such,
they avoid giving any logical evidence for their assertions in order to
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
John is *finally* starting to get it.
I'm treating him (and other idiots that believe as he does) the way *they*
(believers in the invisible man in the sky) have been treating non-believers
for thousands of years. Back in
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote :
You sound very much like Freddie, here, Barry.
Here's the Lenz playbook:
1. Always go after the last one who disagreed with you. This is why jr. is
finally coming in for some serious attention (abuse), from you.
You are both missing my point. I am not anti-belief. I have a million of them
that I have chosen, and some that I just absorbed without good reasons.
I am anti bad reasons supporting beliefs.
Tomorrow I will be in a class of 5th graders using blues songs to demonstrate
how you have to pay
that their subjective experience constitutes objective
proof.
It doesn't, and never will.
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Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2014 4:19 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re
:* [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
You are both missing my point. I am not anti-belief. I have a million
of them that I have chosen, and some that I just absorbed without good
reasons.
I am anti bad reasons supporting beliefs.
Tomorrow I will be in a class of 5th graders using
All good points, Curtis. Yeah, the God thing is a real conundrum. Something in
this universe likes the polarity of it; can't prove it/it is everywhere. Unlike
any rational argument, I cannot justify God in any other way, except for a
subtle *sense* of His and Her work. There is no way to prove
Logical arguments about ultimates always contain a flaw. You can reverse the
form of the argument to support atheism and if you do not see the flaw, it will
seem equally valid, that is, that atheism is true. Now there are some atheists
who definitely believe there is no god and they can be as
] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2014 4:19 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
You are both missing my point. I am not anti-belief. I have a million of
them that I have chosen, and some that I
Curtis, my grad Film prof at Univ of Maryland said the same thing to a Film
criticism class: that we could say anything about the film we were discussing,
as long as we could back it up with evidence from the film itself. I love that
kind of exercise, got an A on my paper about Peter Weir's
Barry is just testing memes to see what happens when they are activated.
Wrong, Taxius. Barry is insulting people. Barry is cursing people's beliefs.
Barry is denigrating people, distorting who they are, and treating them with
incredible disrespect. We are not his guinea pigs. He, rather,
Thanks for getting it.
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To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2014 4:50 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
Logical
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote :
I guess what I'm getting to is that basically we gotta get peaceful about not
knowing anything for sure. Lately it's what works for me.
M: I couldn't agree more. We do the best we can with what we got. Excellent
post.
Share, your comparison to watching movies is a good one, except that we are
each watching a different movie, that none of the others have seen. So there is
plenty of description and evidence, but it is largely meaningless to convey, as
no one else has seen our movie. Glad you got an 'A' on the
Fleetwood, I was comparing what my film prof said to his class to what Curtis
was saying to his class. I wasn't comparing anything to watching movies. As for
something being feeble, how's your reading comprehension these days?!
On Sunday, October 19, 2014 11:01 AM,
The assumption in your grad school film class, was that everyone had seen the
same film, and so was evaluating the same film. I certainly hope your esteemed
prof had seen the Weir film you wrote about!
Not the case with our unique consciousnesses. Each of us is, in effect,
watching a
Fleetwood, are there children reading these FFL comments?! I'm pretty sure
people here have already made up their minds about the efficacy or harm of
aspirin!
As I've said many times here in true FFL redundant fashion, I don't evaluate
states of consciousness of others. I go more by how
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote :
Barry is just testing memes to see what happens when they are activated.
Wrong, Taxius. Barry is insulting people. Barry is cursing people's beliefs.
Barry is denigrating people, distorting who they are, and treating
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote :
Fleetwood, are there children reading these FFL comments?!
That made me laugh, but not why you think. On the other hand, who knows who
you tell this stuff to? For all I know, you were passing out flyers, at the
nursery
Fleetwood,
Excellent observation of Barry's behavior here on this forum. IOW, he's
become the self-proclaimed troll here. But I'm not sure if he really knows
what he's doing.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
Barry,
Calm down. You're hallucinating or maybe you're delusional. I never said
anything that you think I may have said. I merely said that you review the
Kalam Cosmological Argument.
You never responded to me about what you think about it. It was Curtis who
responded about his
The lurking reporters will have a hard time trying to figure out how much the
hate-posts from the Turq are leftovers from his time with his Lentz-guru and
how much is legitimate criticism of the TMO which he left. or as some claim;
was kicked out of, more than 40 years ago. Journalism was never
Thanks - No, he is emulating Lenz, without thinking it through.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote :
Fleetwood,
Excellent observation of Barry's behavior here on this forum. IOW, he's
become the self-proclaimed troll here. But I'm not sure if he really knows
what
e-n-a-b-l-e-r. Hadn't thought about that angle. Also likes to idealize Barry,
and participate vicariously in his adventures. LOL - Your hilarious description
of the nephew reminds me of Will Farrell's kids, in Talladega Nights.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote :
No, people become insulted. A person saying x might be interpreted by y as an
insult, but interpreted by z as a helpful hint. Being insulted is a response.
What to some might seem a pox on their cherished tradition others might see as
a reasonable evaluation of idiotic beliefs, or even
I wasn't sure before, but you have clarified for me, that you are an enabler,
of Barry's abusive behavior. There is nothing remotely helpful, or hinting, at
cursing and insulting someone else, distorting their values and ideas.
You really need to step back, and do a reality check. Barry is
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote :
No, people become insulted. A person saying x might be interpreted by y as an
insult, but interpreted by z as a helpful hint. Being insulted is a response.
What to some might seem a pox on their cherished tradition others might
Barry's preferred definition of God appears to be an old man with a beard who
resides above, and harshly judges people.
He likes this characterization because he feels it is easier to lampoon.
And he's been a roll lately.
A target rich environment of his own making.
No, it doesn't
Fleet is right. Barry is capable of making decent posts but his recent efforts
are no more than juvenile trolling. I don't know what he gets out of it.
I read the Guardian a lot and they have a comments section. Sometimes
moderators remove comments that don't follow Guardian guidelines. One of
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