Usually when my default interpretation of someone else is that they are
attacking or ridiculing me, its because I feel somehow insecure about
something inside. When I have confidence in myself, I don't usually feel
compelled to attack someone else's integrity by calling them a liar, an
idiot, moron and so forth.

It's one thing to entertain contradictory ideas and accept tham as such,
quite another to feel attacked.

Ever thought of joining a debating club, Bob. Expand the old horizons of
thought, maybe?

stuart wrote:
> Usually when my default interpretation of someone else is that they are
> attacking or ridiculing me, its because I feel somehow insecure about
> something inside. When I have confidence in myself, I don't usually feel
> compelled to attack someone else's integrity by calling them a liar, an
> idiot, moron and so forth.
>
> It's one thing to entertain contradictory ideas and accept tham as such,
> quite another to feel attacked.
>
> Ever thought of joining a debating club, Bob. Expand the old horizons of
> thought, maybe?
>
>
you didn't get email from him too did you, are we
talking about the same bob.

"Bryan" <bekberg@charter.net> wrote in message
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> stuart wrote:
>> Usually when my default interpretation of someone else is that
>> they are attacking or ridiculing me, its because I feel somehow
>> insecure about something inside. When I have confidence in
>> myself, I don't usually feel compelled to attack someone else's
>> integrity by calling them a liar, an idiot, moron and so forth.
>>
>> It's one thing to entertain contradictory ideas and accept tham as
>> such, quite another to feel attacked.
>>
>> Ever thought of joining a debating club, Bob. Expand the old
>> horizons of thought, maybe?
> you didn't get email from him too did you, are we talking about the
> same bob.

Bryan, that could well be so, for Stuart's insecurity doesn't bother
this Bob.

Bob

Robert McGregor wrote:
> "Bryan" <bekberg@charter.net> wrote in message
> news:b8cgf.6439$El5.3751@fe06.lga...
>
>>stuart wrote:
>>
>>>Usually when my default interpretation of someone else is that
>>>they are attacking or ridiculing me, its because I feel somehow
>>>insecure about something inside. When I have confidence in
>>>myself, I don't usually feel compelled to attack someone else's
>>>integrity by calling them a liar, an idiot, moron and so forth.
>>>
>>>It's one thing to entertain contradictory ideas and accept tham as
>>>such, quite another to feel attacked.
>>>
>>>Ever thought of joining a debating club, Bob. Expand the old
>>>horizons of thought, maybe?
>>
>>you didn't get email from him too did you, are we talking about the
>>same bob.
>
>
> Bryan, that could well be so, for Stuart's insecurity doesn't bother
> this Bob.
>
> Bob
>
>
no you bob but a different bob.

Robert McGregor <robert_mcgregor@knickers.yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> "Bryan" <bekberg@charter.net> wrote in message
> news:b8cgf.6439$El5.3751@fe06.lga...
> > stuart wrote:
> >> Usually when my default interpretation of someone else is that
> >> they are attacking or ridiculing me, its because I feel somehow
> >> insecure about something inside. When I have confidence in
> >> myself, I don't usually feel compelled to attack someone else's
> >> integrity by calling them a liar, an idiot, moron and so forth.
> >>
> >> It's one thing to entertain contradictory ideas and accept tham as
> >> such, quite another to feel attacked.
> >>
> >> Ever thought of joining a debating club, Bob. Expand the old
> >> horizons of thought, maybe?
> > you didn't get email from him too did you, are we talking about the
> > same bob.
>
> Bryan, that could well be so, for Stuart's insecurity doesn't bother
> this Bob.
>
> Bob

That's great Bob. How about Bob's insecurity?

"stuart" <fred@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>
> Robert McGregor <robert_mcgregor@knickers.yahoo.com.au> wrote in
> message
> news:43815eb1$1_1@news.iprimus.com.au...
>>
>> "Bryan" <bekberg@charter.net> wrote in message
>> news:b8cgf.6439$El5.3751@fe06.lga...
>> > stuart wrote:
>> >> Usually when my default interpretation of someone else is that
>> >> they are attacking or ridiculing me, its because I feel somehow
>> >> insecure about something inside. When I have confidence in
>> >> myself, I don't usually feel compelled to attack someone else's
>> >> integrity by calling them a liar, an idiot, moron and so forth.
>> >>
>> >> It's one thing to entertain contradictory ideas and accept tham
>> >> as
>> >> such, quite another to feel attacked.
>> >>
>> >> Ever thought of joining a debating club, Bob. Expand the old
>> >> horizons of thought, maybe?
>> > you didn't get email from him too did you, are we talking about
>> > the
>> > same bob.
>>
>> Bryan, that could well be so, for Stuart's insecurity doesn't
>> bother
>> this Bob.
>>
>> Bob
>
> That's great Bob. How about Bob's insecurity?
>


Stuart. In this instance, given your exemplary projection, I don't
believe you really want to know about insecurity of mine anyway.
Nevertheless, my experience is that insecurity activates when a need
to fear or prove something remains neither outgrown, or outlived.
Already a few years past my use by date, I guess as long as I go up
in flames *before* the stockmarket goes down in flames, insecurity
will never bother me again.

On bonus time now, I mostly have fun with the freedom I've come; from
where I've been.

*The* Bob