just ignore and let this one die

Having enmity isn't anything like having an enemy, and of course you can choose who you *consider* to be your enemy - or not.

Now you have screwed up. Just as you are in charge of how you perceive the situation, your enemies are in charge of how *they* see things - and *that* is what is important.

Pep (if I consider you an enemy, then you become my enemy; it is *my* perception that matters.)

Checking in here. RL has intruded in the form of a non-cancerous but baseball sized tumor that my hubby had partially removed on the 22 @ Scripps in La Jolla. I have been sans access to anything but my blog and gmail. Hope everyone is well and just remember life is fleeting and caring means everything. <333

Best wishes to you and and yours, Argus. You are right, nothing like a little brush with mortality to bring home the realization that life is precious.

very pretty. you look deep in thought.

oh my goodness. that is so scary! hugs, warm thoughts and prayers being sent your way. and wishes for a speedy recovery for him. stay strong.


and i agree. be sweet. there's really no reason not to be.

Argus, this sounds trying and frightening, but I'm very glad to hear that it sounds as though everything is going to be good.

And yes, I couldn't agree more. Caring IS everything.

Thanks Kaimi! Although I suspect the tree is better at the modeling thing than I am. I'm actually using a pretty fidgety sit pose . . .


TY! I love going to AM Radio's sims, sometimes to write, and sometimes when I'm upset about something. I find them very calming, but also emotionally powerful and evocative. I especially used to love sitting in the tall grass at The Far Away, looking at the abandoned locomotive.

Good morning

*Really* caring is everything.

Pep (Doing it for show is hypocrisy.)

Well, um . . . yes. Agreed.


Nothing like a bracing discussion of semantics first thing in the morning!

You can "dislike" me or anyone else without requiring any corroboration from reality: it is purely subjective.

But an "enemy" is someone who is actively, and with hostile intent, engaged in opposition to you. For this definition to apply correctly, you need to be reasonably sure that such is in fact the case.

It is, of course, possible to "consider" me an enemy, without objective proof that I am engaged in a hostile manner against you, but that would be at least potentially self-delusion. Or solipsistic.

You can also choose to engage actively against ME, which would, I suppose, make you MY enemy.

But you CANNOT force the definition of "enemy" upon ME, if I choose NOT to oppose you in a hostile fashion. And as I have no intention of doing so, this conflict, if there is to be one, will remain rather one-sided.

Right up the road here from Kaimi and me. Praying for your family. Be safe.

You offered support to an unarguable enemy of mine; that act is sufficient to define you as my enemy, even in your own limited viewpoint.

Pep (It's not that complicated. I expressed it succinctly initially.)

Yes, you are right. However, if I don't consider you my enemy in return, from that angle it's 'my' perception that matters, and although I am your enemy, you are not my enemy, and..............

Do you mean me? You're such a tool.

For clarity, I am disinterested in your view of the situation.

Pep (My perception is all that is relevant.)

/me reels at the sophistication of expression of his nemesis.

Pep (Are you not confident in the use of words of more than one syllable?)

"Nemesis" now? ROFL. I'll give you two syllables then: laughable. As in you.

Having trouble counting now, are you?

Pep (Try using your fingers?)

PS "Laughable" is not a very good word. "Risible" is much more effective from an NLP viewpoint.

LOL!

Or perhaps you don't understand the meaning of the word syllable?

Pep (No, it's not an alcoholic dessert.)

does anyone here listen to the Bob & Tom show in the mornings?

I'm laughing at my own mistake, moron.

I know, a concept you couldn't possibly understand.

I offered "support"???? With a throw-away seven word comment?

OMG Pep . . .

I have tried VERY hard not to get involved in the ongoing feuds in this thread. Yes, I can see how you might interpret what was a frankly careless and thoughtless comment as an "attack" on you. And if you ever read your FRIGGIN' PMs, you'd see that I apologized for that thoughtlessness. But to interpret THAT as a sign of some sort deliberate alignment or programme against you is just silly.

I am, and intend to remain, neutral. I frankly LIKE most of those involved, including Rhonda, Love, 3Ring, Eli, and, yes, EVEN you. I am NOT going to allow myself to be dragged in to a fight that I find pointless and distressing.

So, go ahead and continue to consider me your "enemy" if you wish. I am not. Not of you, nor of any of the others here. Life is too short, and there is too much to be missed, by engaging in playground battles.

Another one that can't post coherently during the course of over-emotional over-reaction, eh?

Pep (thinks he'll make a list; a short one of those "females" who don't lose it.)

Back to *yawn*