From: maridai@ecs.comm.mot.com (Marida Ignacio)
Subject: RE: Perceptible...
Organization: Motorola Land Mobile Products Sector
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 21:07:20 GMT

(was: RE: Perceptions...)

   |In article 10586, maridai@ecs.comm.mot.com (Marida Ignacio) writes:
   |in Re: Perceptions, Realities, Perceptions                   
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   |Perceptions 1                                                
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   |   Chinese language is the most widely used language in the  
   |   whole world.                                              
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   |Reality 1                                                    
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   |   China has the largest population in the the whole world   
   |   (of course, the former follows by plain logic).           
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   |Perceptions 2                                                
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   |   Racism against 'whites', blacks, American Indians exists  
   |   but racism against Asians/AAs is what should prevail and  
   |   is prominent in this newsgroup.                           
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   |Reality 2                                                    
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   |   This is, afterall, soc.culture.asian.american.            
   |   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^                                                          
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   |Pardon my intuitive generalization above.                    
   |I guess I am just tired...                                   
   |

   |In article 10849, maridai@ecs.comm.mot.com (Marida Ignacio) writes:
   |
   |Perceptions 3                                                            
   |    NO honorable mentions on peoples' comments if they are without       
   |    *genuine first-hand experience* on the things that they are          
   |    commenting about or arguing about.                                   
   |                                                                         
   |Reality 3                                                                
   |    Do I have to be a prostitute to justify that this livelihood         
   |     has fed mouths, children, to live a life?  I can NOT be             
   |     judgemental to the prostitute or pimp?                              
   |    Do I have to try drugs (crap) to justify it does more harm than good?
   |    Do I have to have AIDS to know how it feels to be with it?           
   |    Do I have ...                                                        
   |    ...                                                                  
   |    Wasn't there science before the term 'science' became a word?        
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   |Perceptions 4                                                            
   |    Racism is rife only in America.                                      
   |                                                                         
   |Reality 4                                                                
   |    Wherever there is richness, hunger, oppression, a civilized          
   |      jungle exists wherein there is the primitive instinct of           
   |      "survival of the fittest".  Not that the fittest are               
   |      necessary the greatest; it is just that they are the               
   |      majority.                                                          
                                                                             


Perception 5
    They call it civil and diplomatic defensiveness.

Reality 5
    I call it provocation.                             


-Marida