ginny, you said, .
i understand the thinking, i guess, it's just that i was never (am not) that way.
if i am a laughingstock, it is only because i believed the way you presented yourself.
Wasasister:
Like, I'm not surprised at all. You managed to totally ignore kent's remark to me, as well as the bogus thread he started. What would your comment be on the second sentence you quoted?
Obviously biased and shameful on your part. As in Kents case, not a character assasination but merely a factual description of conduct on both y'alls part.
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bigboi
ginny, you said, .
i understand the thinking, i guess, it's just that i was never (am not) that way.
if i am a laughingstock, it is only because i believed the way you presented yourself.
Kent:
Nope. Can you spell mental institution? Could I perhaps suggest that your doctor up the dosage on your meds, Kent?
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bigboi
ginny, you said, .
i understand the thinking, i guess, it's just that i was never (am not) that way.
if i am a laughingstock, it is only because i believed the way you presented yourself.
Wasasister:
I have given Farkel the benefit of the doubt Wasa. This isn't the first time something like this has happened recently. I thought I was doing so by staying out of the thread he started. However, I posted something earlier today that he took as a criticism. I was just pointing out a fact. I didn't mean to apply it to him in a negative way. However, he came out immediately and called me a desperate, illiterate fool. I'm glad he already has friends.
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ginny, you said, .
i understand the thinking, i guess, it's just that i was never (am not) that way.
if i am a laughingstock, it is only because i believed the way you presented yourself.
Wasasister:
I believe Ginny was stating her opinion as she sees it based on evidence teejay provided by his writing.
Ok, well that's a given really. I mean that's all the evidence she has is Teejay's writing. Frankly that's a matter of opinion really. I like teejay's writngs. He and I share a lot of common points of view. We also have some differences as well. I still would like to know what about his writings exactly some ppl here have a problem with. Can his posts here really be considered "writings" at all.
The fact is, once we’ve formed an opinion of someone, everything we then observe about them tends to be filtered through that existing opinion and by the time it gets into our brain, only the part that fits our opinion remains.
Well, that is true. However, in Ginny's case it seems her opinion of teejay is quite recent and occurred only after his recent comments about Farkel's and his behavior. She obviously felt that his remarks were inappropiate in light of Farkel's recent troubles. I feel like Farkel's comments were inappropiate and I have a hard time understanding how she could call teejay on his conduct, yet ignore Farkle's.
I went back to the original post, and frankly I don’t see how anyone could have taken her writing as anything but satirical.
Well it seemed like a prety direct statement to me. I guess I didn't pick up on the satire. Maybe it just went over my head, like a lot of what's said around here.
However, I will admit that my perception is filtered by the fact that I know Ginny’s sense of humor and that she is most assuredly, female.
Fact is, we don't know Ginny, therefore we have to go by what she says about herself. If she tells me she's a man and I don't know any better, I'm going to think she's a man.
Why that is hard to understand I don't know.
So, if I understand what you’re saying, Teejay has a right to not give people the benefit of the doubt? OK, but if you’re going to live by that standard, expect it to be applied to you.
Yes, he does have that right. We all do. It's his choice. What standard are you implying that I live by? I said that I give folks the benefit of the doubt. Did you miss that? However, the standard that you speak of has already been applied to me here. I doubt if anybody who participates in discussions with some here as I have of late get any benfit of the doubt. You are almost immediately branded as a troll, stupid, lazy etc...
Big, I don’t have any idea what it is like to suffer from real, clinical depression. I’ve been through some rough shit in my life, but never the kind of debilitating depression where you can’t see any way out. I hope neither you nor teejay have either. I do know it exists in others and have seen the results. Like childbirth, you can understand or observe it, but you can never really know what it’s like unless you experience it yourself. Telling someone “it’s no big deal, so what you’ve had rough times, get over it” is like telling a paraplegic to get up and walk.
WHA...?! I'm not sure I understand this. Are you insinuating that I or teejay suffer from clinical depression? Are you talking about your friend Farkel? If you are talking about Farkel, then I know it's hard suffering from any illness. However, how can someone be in such a depressed pitiful state, yet still be brazen enough to insult a woman the way he did. Serious problems often have the effect of humbling a person. How can a person not be aware of what they are saying when in complaining about his troubles he can also find words to mention his accomplishments, berate posters he's had conflict with, mention that it sometimes takes days to write, polish and edit an essay of his etc.... etc... I don't know Farkel. It sounds like he needs help to cope no doubt, but is that the sound of a totally lost helpless sufferer who should be absolved of responsibility for what he says? Imo, no.
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bigboi
ginny, you said, .
i understand the thinking, i guess, it's just that i was never (am not) that way.
if i am a laughingstock, it is only because i believed the way you presented yourself.
Teej:
Rochelle knows how I feel about her. She's cool and it don't hurt that she's easy on mine eyes. Damned mine eyes, damned mine eyes!
The Decadence Festival is the annual gay pride festival held down here. It occurs between the end of Mardi Gras and the Jazz Festival, I think. It's centered mainly in French Quarter on Bourbon St.
Come on down, we'll have gay ol' time! LOL!
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hey ya'll ... ain't tuesdays, thursdays and sundays even better nowadays ?.
i was wondering what it is that you hated most about the meets ?.
the one thing that used to really rile me was the pressure to control the children - the frowns and the disapproving looks when they were just behaving like normal kids .... the worst of it all for me was seeing any little person being taken outside and hearing the loud slaps even when the door was closed .... what is it that you least miss ?
Hey,
I used to hate the Service meeting. The presentations were almost alwyas horribly presented and the elders and MS servants assigned to conduct the parts were seldom out in service for any significant length of time. It was just so evident that ppl were not prepared or really even cared about field service.
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ginny, you said, .
i understand the thinking, i guess, it's just that i was never (am not) that way.
if i am a laughingstock, it is only because i believed the way you presented yourself.
Rochelle:
You've got to make it down here for the Mardi Gras girl! Maybe even the Decadence Festival! What cha say boo?
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bigboi
ginny, you said, .
i understand the thinking, i guess, it's just that i was never (am not) that way.
if i am a laughingstock, it is only because i believed the way you presented yourself.
Teejay:
Thanks for clearing up for Ginny the mistaken idea s/he had that you "got" the joke about him/her being a man
No problem dude. I felt her mentioning that was a bit of a reach. I mean even though I believed her I thought it was funny for a guy to pretend to be a chick or at least take up a woman's persona on the board. I still recommend that boning session for y'all two.
You have put to rest one very wrong assumption. Not going to do much good I'm afraid, but thank you anyway.
Like I said, no problem dude. I'm glad to do it, although i know it won't really change anything. They're just gonna focus on the fact that you don't really trust the way Ginny presents herself now. Then they're gonna keep this goin and lay all the blame on you for "starting another troublesome thread."
Wasasister:
I'm surprised at you. Did you read teejay's post to Ginny before you wrote what you did? Her characterization of him was unfair. He only believed what she said about herself. Hell, she even had me fooled. I thought she was a guy. However,now she says she's a chick again. That's cool with me but I always give ppl the benefit of the doubt. Teejay may be one of those who choose not to. It's his choice. Also, in view of her characterization of him, I think he has all the right to do so.
Farkel are my friends, so of course I will come to their defense. That's what friends do, and there is usually a good reason. This fact perhaps renders me less than objective about you and your writing.
That is understandable. I'd like to ask you a few questions though. Is it right, in your estimation, to support friends that make unfair character assasinattions and insult ppl using the vilest terms imaginable? Is it right to call one poster on improper conduct, yet ignore said conduct from posters that are your friends'? Would or did you raise your children to be like that?
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"has everlasting life" and "i shall resurrect him" in verse 54; and.
into moses by means of the cloud and of the sea.... and all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same.
may you have peace in christ jesus!.
Hmmmmm...(?) Did I miss something?
yes, it's me, "sunchild.
" i apologize for posting something so self-indulgent and mostly off-topic, but i sense that i've confused a few people here lately.
maybe this will clear things up... or just raise more questions.. i know that i'm not quite as old as some other people who post here.
Rochelle:
Soylibre said:
Rochelle, I think you have just described 95% of the human population
I concur. Rochelle I think you are wise beyond your years. I am amazed at the insight your posts show into the human condition. It'a alright if you want to show your darkside sometimes, I for one always give ppl the benefit of the doubt. I never met anyone that's not worth at least that.
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