The circular firing squad

[jodi]

Both Kathy and Jack are friends of mine on facebook - really sad I never made it down to that part of Maine to meet either one of them IRL when we lived on the edge of the universe (in northern Maine). Fond memories of some of the funnier threads on the original coffee room - like when Improv and Plays met them both (before anybody knew who Improv was). And when Jack finally spilled the beans that he was married to Kathy. Long time ago, before everything blew up and the piano forum members all siloed, many moved on, some died, and others divorced. Man have we all been through a lot together.

[Horace]

@jodi Yep we've watched life. Thanks for posting here, Jodi. It means a lot to me. I think you are a great painter. Maybe you dont judge too much.

[jodi]

@horace. I try hard not to judge too much. At least not in print, (snort). Sometimes I just say what I’m thinking very loudly at the computer instead of typing it. Makes Steve laugh.

[Axtremus]

I have met KathyK and Jack Front in person. I have also met KathyK's new beau, I believe it was at one of @jon-nyc's piano parties. I have also met David Burton. Sure we disagree at times on politics or conspiracy theories, but we got along pretty damn fine when we talk about music and piano, family and such.

[Rainman]

@jolly said in The circular firing squad:

@jon-nyc said in The circular firing squad:

Jolly is confusing him with Kathy K.

DB left after bachophile noted the antisemitic undertones of one of his posts.

Kathy is an exception. She is an idiot.

Now you're talking about before I even knew about this forum, so decades ago. But I do remember Jack, so maybe my memory is faulty.

So, who cares. We should open our arms to everyone. We can't just be a clique for the smartest, wisest, most attractive people in the world, everyone should be welcomed!

[Axtremus]

@rainman said in The circular firing squad:

We should open our arms to everyone.

Yes, that's right!

We can't just be a clique for the smartest, wisest, most attractive people in the world, everyone should be welcomed!

Yeah, it just turns out that that we happen to be the smartest, wisest, most attractive people in the world, but yes, we should welcome everyone.

[Rainman]

hmmm. I think I do remember KathyK from the old days.

If someone wrote one sentence, she responded by writing a book. That's OK. Some books are worth reading, some books not.

You cannot be a forum member here, without being insulted one way or another, and then having thick enough skin to deal with it. As has been pointed out many times, arguments can get very heated, but at the end of the day we'd all go out for pizza and beer together.

[Horace]

@rainman said in The circular firing squad:

hmmm. I think I do remember KathyK from the old days.

If someone wrote one sentence, she responded by writing a book. That's OK. Some books are worth reading, some books not.

You cannot be a forum member here, without being insulted one way or another, and then having thick enough skin to deal with it. As has been pointed out many times, arguments can get very heated, but at the end of the day we'd all go out for pizza and beer together.

The book response is an indicator. You're listening to yourself, but you're not listening to the other person. Dewey was famously (to my mind) responsible for this. I wish he still posted here. It would be fun to poke holes in his little world.

[Jolly]

@horace said in The circular firing squad:

@rainman said in The circular firing squad:

hmmm. I think I do remember KathyK from the old days.

If someone wrote one sentence, she responded by writing a book. That's OK. Some books are worth reading, some books not.

You cannot be a forum member here, without being insulted one way or another, and then having thick enough skin to deal with it. As has been pointed out many times, arguments can get very heated, but at the end of the day we'd all go out for pizza and beer together.

The book response is an indicator. You're listening to yourself, but you're not listening to the other person. Dewey was famously (to my mind) responsible for this. I wish he still posted here. It would be fun to poke holes in his little world.

Nah, he's being poked enough, already.

[Jolly]

Going back and reading that thread again reminds me of how much I absolutely despise lawyers.

I think the world would be a better place, if we put all of their names in a hat, pulling them out one at a time and disbarring every other one.

[Doctor Phibes]

I'm pretty sure Dewey was driven off by a bunch of assholes.

[Horace]

@doctor-phibes said in The circular firing squad:

I'm pretty sure Dewey was driven off by a bunch of assholes.

I'm pretty sure Dewey is a sociopath who manipulates imbeciles.

[Doctor Phibes]

IOW, anybody who disagrees with you is an imbecile.

[Horace]

@doctor-phibes said in The circular firing squad:

IOW, anybody who disagrees with you is an imbecile.

If you think Dewey is a fundamentalley good guy, I would invite you to re-read the history, and its fallout. I cherish history, as you know.

[Horace]

I guess there's a chance he has a reasonable relationship with his kids at this point, due to their compassion and understanding. Definitely not his.

[Doctor Phibes]

Surprisingly, I think most people are fundamentally good.

[Horace]

@doctor-phibes said in The circular firing squad:

Surprisingly, I think most people are fundamentally good.

I suspect his kids are good.

[Moonbat]

@horace said in The circular firing squad:

@doctor-phibes said in The circular firing squad:

IOW, anybody who disagrees with you is an imbecile.

If you think Dewey is a fundamentalley good guy, I would invite you to re-read the history, and its fallout. I cherish history, as you know.

I think Dewey is a fundamentally good guy.

[Horace]

@moonbat said in The circular firing squad:

@horace said in The circular firing squad:

@doctor-phibes said in The circular firing squad:

IOW, anybody who disagrees with you is an imbecile.

If you think Dewey is a fundamentalley good guy, I would invite you to re-read the history, and its fallout. I cherish history, as you know.

I think Dewey is a fundamentally good guy.

Yes, I know you do. Now name some flaws.

[Doctor Phibes]

@horace said in The circular firing squad:

I suspect his kids are good.

Well brought up, then.

I hesitate to comment on family situations we haven't really seen.

Also, we're all happy for Mel Gibson, but Dewey is a sociopath?