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Post by silver on Jun 21, 2013 12:30:55 GMT -5
Frog hooks? You mean, the ones that he's cast into the water, and onto which we've bitten? Isn't that a little like asking the fish you just caught to unhook himself, so that he can be free? You, yourself, have mentioned the 'mind hooks' that he casts. This is why the focus is always on him. No E, no mind hooks. No mind hooks, no focus on E. Let's destroy all pornography, hardcore or softcore, destroy all nude paintings in the world and let's make all women wear burqas, lest we be tempted to rub one out and sin in God's eyes. Nice try, but it's not parallel in any way shape form. Nice try. Childish, but nice try. (It's called using exaggeration to sway opinion, btw.) You're really better at listening with your heart, intuition, integrity - Top. Nothing at all wrong with that, my friend.  |
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Post by Beingist on Jun 21, 2013 12:34:29 GMT -5
Frog hooks? You mean, the ones that he's cast into the water, and onto which we've bitten? Isn't that a little like asking the fish you just caught to unhook himself, so that he can be free? You, yourself, have mentioned the 'mind hooks' that he casts. This is why the focus is always on him. No E, no mind hooks. No mind hooks, no focus on E. Let's destroy all pornography, hardcore or softcore, destroy all nude paintings in the world and let's make all women wear burqas, lest we be tempted to rub one out and sin in God's eyes. Whoa! Hey, Top, I'm the one that's supposed to be going postal, here, not you!  |
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Post by laughter on Jun 21, 2013 12:39:03 GMT -5
These flashmobs that form-up on the frog-hunts are just pure slapstick. I've spoken with each of you, B', Silver, Steve, verbed, and I know that you have it in your hearts to just let the frog-hooks go. It really is all that the amphibian is asking for, and I've seen him extend olive branches to each of you. In a way it's good that this can get aired out. ... seems I got alot of self-plagurization goin' on these days ... I have a vision for us. One that involves the angels of our better nature, and I'm not being sarcastic with that. Nice profile you got there, Laffy. The thing is, they make everyone else's business their business and so others' thoughtful discussions are never free to unfold 'naturally'! That's what I think is stifling everyone else who doesn't 'think like they do.' Too obvious and yet - most are too ___ to fight it because of their aggressiveness. I think a fitting name for them would be The Smothers Brothers. I wish it were funnier. So, just keep playing up the 'silliness' of it all, because things are as they ever are.  There's no need to allow them to disrupt a conversation unless you want that to happen. You are in complete control of your reaction to whatever anyone ever says to you. Don't ever let anyone disempower you this way. All you need do is turn your attention inward when you see this happen. If you do this there is nothing that can shake you. Nothing, I promise you this. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2013 12:39:10 GMT -5
The world always gets real simple just before a crime of passion. The calm before the storm? No I was thinking more like how all the myriad different shades of grey get classified as either black or white. And then, once stuff is safely categorized, one can be eliminated. |
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Post by laughter on Jun 21, 2013 12:40:08 GMT -5
I've spoken with each of you, B', Silver, Steve, verbed, and I know that you have it in your hearts to just let the frog-hooks go. It really is all that the amphibian is asking for, and I've seen him extend olive branches to each of you. Frog hooks? You mean, the ones that he's cast into the water, and onto which we've bitten? Isn't that a little like asking the fish you just caught to unhook himself, so that he can be free? You, yourself, have mentioned the 'mind hooks' that he casts. This is why the focus is always on him. No E, no mind hooks. No mind hooks, no focus on E. Think of it like a trip to the gym for your sense of being. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2013 12:40:15 GMT -5
I mean, everyone knows temp bans don't work! So, you're finally convinced?  Not in the slightest!  |
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Post by Beingist on Jun 21, 2013 12:44:26 GMT -5
The calm before the storm? No I was thinking more like how all the myriad different shades of grey get classified as either black or white. And then, once stuff is safely categorized, one can be eliminated. Hmm. Okey dokey  |
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Post by topology on Jun 21, 2013 12:45:07 GMT -5
Let's destroy all pornography, hardcore or softcore, destroy all nude paintings in the world and let's make all women wear burqas, lest we be tempted to rub one out and sin in God's eyes. Nice try, but it's not parallel in any way shape form. Nice try. Childish, but nice try. (It's called using exaggeration to sway opinion, btw.) You're really better at listening with your heart, intuition, integrity - Top. Nothing at all wrong with that, my friend. It's a question of what should be done in response to temptation. Should the person feeling tempted (baited to take the hook) be responsible for their succumbing to temptation? Or should the source of the temptation be held accountable and forced to cover up or be exiled? The claim has been made that E baits the mind hooks intentionally, like a stripper giving a lap dance and you're expected to keep your hands to yourself. Honestly, I think it's just the way Enigma is and it's not something he intentionally goes out of his way to do. Who is responsible for the temptation? The temptor or the tempted? My opinion is that if you see a mind-hook, why are you biting on it? If you don't see the mind hook, it's a good opportunity to become aware of it. But is there really a mind hook? Or are we just tripping over our third legs when a pretty girl walks by? |
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Post by laughter on Jun 21, 2013 12:47:25 GMT -5
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Reefs is like Digger the dermatophyte ... he grows on ya' if ya' give'em half the chance! He digs into you and grows on you, sounds like a parasite to me.  Nah I wouldn't go that far. I think an apt nickname would be ... "the initiator" ... nice double entendre (and perhaps > duo) there. It does help to look past the style to the brutal clarity that lurks beneath. I've definitely come to value that. If you notice, his tendency to lunge in battle to a position of imbalance isn't that much different from that I've seen in myself, Tzu' and to a lesser extent at times, from you, my fine sir. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2013 12:48:25 GMT -5
These flashmobs that form-up on the frog-hunts are just pure slapstick. I've spoken with each of you, B', Silver, Steve, verbed, and I know that you have it in your hearts to just let the frog-hooks go. It really is all that the amphibian is asking for, and I've seen him extend olive branches to each of you. In a way it's good that this can get aired out. ... seems I got alot of self-plagurization goin' on these days ... I have a vision for us. One that involves the angels of our better nature, and I'm not being sarcastic with that. It's even simpler than that, Bill. Once ya' get real quiet and simply ask, "Who is reefs?", ya' kinda figure out the whole shlemiel.... From that point on, ya' just have to understand what you're willing or not willing to dance to. |
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Post by laughter on Jun 21, 2013 12:49:59 GMT -5
Nice try, but it's not parallel in any way shape form. Nice try. Childish, but nice try. (It's called using exaggeration to sway opinion, btw.) You're really better at listening with your heart, intuition, integrity - Top. Nothing at all wrong with that, my friend. It's a question of what should be done in response to temptation. Should the person feeling tempted (baited to take the hook) be responsible for their succumbing to temptation? Or should the source of the temptation be held accountable and forced to cover up or be exiled? The claim has been made that E baits the mind hooks intentionally, like a stripper giving a lap dance and you're expected to keep your hands to yourself. Honestly, I think it's just the way Enigma is and it's not something he intentionally goes out of his way to do. Who is responsible for the temptation? The temptor or the tempted? My opinion is that if you see a mind-hook, why are you biting on it? If you don't see the mind hook, it's a good opportunity to become aware of it. But is there really a mind hook? Or are we just tripping over our third legs when a pretty girl walks by? In my opinion E's pretty good at deliberately setting and baiting traps but about the only time I've seen him do it with anything approaching maliciousness was with Arisha ... and that was after what might be characterized as a sustained and brutal frontal assault. |
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Post by silver on Jun 21, 2013 12:54:46 GMT -5
Nice try, but it's not parallel in any way shape form. Nice try. Childish, but nice try. (It's called using exaggeration to sway opinion, btw.) You're really better at listening with your heart, intuition, integrity - Top. Nothing at all wrong with that, my friend. It's a question of what should be done in response to temptation. Should the person feeling tempted (baited to take the hook) be responsible for their succumbing to temptation? Or should the source of the temptation be held accountable and forced to cover up or be exiled? The claim has been made that E baits the mind hooks intentionally, like a stripper giving a lap dance and you're expected to keep your hands to yourself. Honestly, I think it's just the way Enigma is and it's not something he intentionally goes out of his way to do. Who is responsible for the temptation? The temptor or the tempted? My opinion is that if you see a mind-hook, why are you biting on it? If you don't see the mind hook, it's a good opportunity to become aware of it. But is there really a mind hook? Or are we just tripping over our third legs when a pretty girl walks by? All that doesn't mean a thing to me, Top. You're not listening. I tried to post this before, I forgot who I was quoting: But they do anyway. I am not physically there to stop them from posting snark or butting in - for some reason, they relish interrupting Anyone's conversation and telling them their own version of the truth of the matter and what in blazes is going on - purportedly - it gets real old - I have nothing against being 'old' but, if someone, anyone wishes the conversation to have a different bent / slant, it's IMPOSSIBLE with him (E) around - just sayin' a little more obnoxious and annoying. No one else can talk without their interference. I say that's a proven fact. This points up the fact that they consider themselves the peak of Knowingness of All Things. I'm getting mighty tired of all these inbred 'ideas' and what-nots. Seriously. |
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Post by laughter on Jun 21, 2013 13:04:10 GMT -5
It's a question of what should be done in response to temptation. Should the person feeling tempted (baited to take the hook) be responsible for their succumbing to temptation? Or should the source of the temptation be held accountable and forced to cover up or be exiled? The claim has been made that E baits the mind hooks intentionally, like a stripper giving a lap dance and you're expected to keep your hands to yourself. Honestly, I think it's just the way Enigma is and it's not something he intentionally goes out of his way to do. Who is responsible for the temptation? The temptor or the tempted? My opinion is that if you see a mind-hook, why are you biting on it? If you don't see the mind hook, it's a good opportunity to become aware of it. But is there really a mind hook? Or are we just tripping over our third legs when a pretty girl walks by? All that doesn't mean a thing to me, Top. You're not listening. I tried to post this before, I forgot who I was quoting: But they do anyway. I am not physically there to stop them from posting snark or butting in - for some reason, they relish interrupting Anyone's conversation and telling them their own version of the truth of the matter and what in blazes is going on - purportedly - it gets real old - I have nothing against being 'old' but, if someone, anyone wishes the conversation to have a different bent / slant, it's IMPOSSIBLE with him (E) around - just sayin' a little more obnoxious and annoying. No one else can talk without their interference. I say that's a proven fact. This points up the fact that they consider themselves the peak of Knowingness of All Things. I'm getting mighty tired of all these inbred 'ideas' and what-nots. Seriously. Cultivate the art of considering an idea, holding it in your mind, without necessarily having to either agree or disagree with it. You need not give "their own version of the truth" a tin nickle, a second glance or even the time of day. You are the master of where your attention goes. |
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Post by Beingist on Jun 21, 2013 13:09:27 GMT -5
Frog hooks? You mean, the ones that he's cast into the water, and onto which we've bitten? Isn't that a little like asking the fish you just caught to unhook himself, so that he can be free? You, yourself, have mentioned the 'mind hooks' that he casts. This is why the focus is always on him. No E, no mind hooks. No mind hooks, no focus on E. Think of it like a trip to the gym for your sense of being. Okay. But, is this, like, some sort of criteria for a spiritual forum? Some sort of ... initiation into spirituality--gotta endure the enima mind-hook obstacle course before getting your diploma? |
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Post by Beingist on Jun 21, 2013 13:12:11 GMT -5
Okay, now back to Reeds...
Since he, himself asserts that 'temp bans never work,' can we get the poll/thread title to 'A Vote to Permanently Ban Reef's'?
(not that I'm voting, either way).
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