LOL!! You flatter yourself. Issue? What issue was there that concerned you , hypocrite...??
If you are merely playing the fool, then I commend you for such a phoney play!
I found this on my desk this morning. I am glad to see you had a change of heart! The signature is apparently yours. I thank you for the admission!
Dear Solon,
I wish to offer my deepest apologies to you for my big mouth. I know you have every right to respond to any post on the thread. After all, I continually claim that right for myself--and who does not?? I also know that your criticism of me was NOT that I interfered, but that I contributed nothing but name calling and disruption of the thread--thereby displaying my immaturity, and effectually betraying my lack of respect and regard for the people with whom I share the thread space.
Solon, please forgive me! When Neo was wondering what her seat looked like as his way of insulting--numerous people took him to task and upbraided him. When you asked him to justify his meaning, it was business as usual for this or for any other thread. He could decline to respond, or he could respond in whichever way he chose to--but the message was directed to him and the response was his to make.
My gratuitous name calling was ignorant. I wanted to disrupt the thread, and I wanted him to be proud of me. I contributed NOTHING to the discussion except my emotional freneticism. I an sorry, Solon.
I am ready now to accept your gentle chiding. The alternative would be to pretend that everyone else is an idiot and incapable of seeing and understanding the obvious.
You slapped me around a good bit! But I see now that you were being gentle, and always allowing me to save face. I promise to stop expressing contempt toward people merely because of their political affiliation, or for any other such bias-motivated categories. How patient all of you have been toward me!!
I know why I did it, I think. As you said, it made me feel important, and more importantly--superior. This is all I wanted. I wanted to be somebody. Solon, I am confused. I realize now, though, that seeking to get pats on the head in such an ugly way condemns me, and certainly exposes my damaged character.
I am also sorry that I called you a hypocrite, Solon. You have never been a hypocrite. It was just more name calling. I was projecting again. Forgive me.
Your housekeeper allowed me to write this wee missive on your stationery. How grateful I am! She said you would have it on your desk by morning!
I am sorry I missed you; but I AM GREATLY PRIVILEGED TO HAVE STOOD BEFORE YOUR SERVANTS, AND IT IS A MEMORY OF PRIVILEGE WHICH I WILL, CARRY WITH ME EVER AFTER! Thank you, Solon!
I wish to put away childish thing, as say the words of my dear sweet Paul! And may I not then hope to become a man? Will you help me, Solon? Please?
Your obedient and chastened servant--JLA
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Dear JLA,
You cannot know how very pleased I am to receive this delightful indication of your humble yearning and your new heart! I am proud of you: Pat! Pat!
Keep in mind that many boys never do become men. As people move through natural developmental stages, they develop methods of coping which may sometimes tend to create unhealthy patterns of thought, feeling, and behaviour. Behavioural "scruples" may develop in order to subdue the constant anxiety of uncertainty, fear, and doubt. The good news, however, is that you CAN move beyond it!
You CAN learn to cease hating people because of their political affiliations, and you will then have taken great strides toward your goal. Surely, it will feel quite uncomfortable for you at first. Where, after all, will you direct all that anger?
Let me assure you, though, that you may PM me at any time to talk out any of your problems. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. It only seems that way.
If you are successful in your efforts to act like a man and to overcome your name calling, you will find that others in the thread community will give you feedback which is far more meaningful than the empty and hollow pat-pat gestures of the 2 or 3 people who are LITERALLY in the corner with you now. Good luck, young man!
You may have noticed, also, that you have a habit (along with a few toadies) of engaging in ad hominem attacks behind the backs of those who elicit your sense of inferiority. You may have posited the question as to WHY this reprehensible behaviour is not engaged in by the other people who post regularly on the thread; why the others speak about issues, and why, if they have a personal statement to make, they make it face to face. I am not going to answer this one for you, JLA. You are making such good progress that I am going to leave it with you as homework!
You take care of yourself and we all look forward to seeing the improvement! |
