From: panlilio@acs.ucalgary.ca (Victor P. Panlilio)
Subject: Re: A wittle survey...jus' a wittle wone...
Summary: Philosophies of Life
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 92 19:51:42 GMT
Distribution: soc.penpals
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta
Keywords: Honesty, Lying

In article <56985@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> look@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (ken loo) writes:

KL>unfortunately, not everybody is like you!

Which, I guess, is a good thing.... otherwise the world would be
SOOOO boring, eh, amigo?

KL>"most" Asian are not known to be tall.  Something wrong with
KL>saying that he grew up in the U.S. so that he had no accent?

To this jaundiced, subjective NetEye, it means there's something
to be ashamed about if you don't speak English according to some
hypothetical standard of "correct" pronunciation - maybe the way
Peter Jennings does it on ABC News (and he's Canadian, for those
who didn't know) - and I happen to disagree, since on the net and
in person I can choose to speak like

Yo, Ken! (feigned Sly Stallone accent)
So, comrade, what happened to the revolution? (KGB operative)
Muh Daddy always tol' me, "Son, you nevir fin' beauty and brains
in the same wuhman" so he obviously never met a wuhman like yuh!
(as told to a female friend in my best pseudo-Texas drawl)
Don' look at ME like that, bruthuh! (Black)
Pohk, yes, yes, that's pohk! (Chinese waiter)
I keel for money, but since you are my fren' I keel you for free
(Mexican bandit)

(Supply your own sound effects track)

or whatever persona I care to take on at the moment, when I'm in
the mood for role-playing....   ;)

Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha  (EvilLaughter)

VP>>It must be my diet....yeah, that must be it.....  *snicker*
VP>>Too much rice and soya sauce.......

KL>some thing funny about that?  Probally better than hamburgers and
KL>fries.  I personally, likes neither rice nor soy sauce....
KL>and I am still short....

Try eating rye bread. *snicker*

Joke about rye bread:

A man was complaining about his impotence to his therapist, who
suggested that the man try eating rye bread. The man rushed over
to the baker and ordered a dozen loaves, whereupon the baker
protested, "A dozen loaves? Why, it'll get hard before you can
finish it!" So the man insisted, "In that case, give me TWO dozen
loaves!"

Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha *snicker* :) :) :)

KL>facts you could either ignore, distort, or see.  facts are true.  I was not
KL>refering to subjectivness.  Thou I can not really say that
KL>I do not distort the facts.  I am still not a cynic.

(Recalling article in Scientific American about the human visual
system)

Apparently a pretty dense wall of blood vessels (the one that
shows up as redeye in all those party pictures) lies between our
retinas and our lenses, so that in fact we do not "see" as much
as our brain constructs a picture of the world based on light
values falling on those rods and cones that do get photons on
them, i.e. everything we "see" is a partially constructed reality

And I suppose everyone constructs ("sees") differently, hmm....

See, I didn't even have to bring in quantum mechanics and the
capriciousness of observation....hehehehehehehehehehehehe   :)

Besides, the "facts" that I "see" depend on the quality of my
seeing, which means under the influence of alcohol I "see" twice
as much of "reality" as I normally "see" and everyone looks great

Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahaha 

And when I'm not wearing my glasses I can hardly see anything!

KL>the best one could do is not distort the facts, collect as much
KL>info as posible.  When one talks about seeing things the way
KL>they are, one has to talk about external things, which does not
KL>inclused subjectiveness.  Like I have said, one can either
KL>ignore, distort, or see facts the way they are.  The process 

See above. I would collect information, but it's easier to make
it up....that's the way my brain works, anyway  ;)

Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

KL>does not include trying to quess why things happend the way they
KL>did.  Nor does it includ intuition.   Being a mechanical engineer, 
KL>you should be able to relate.

I suppose my being a mechanical engineer precludes my using
intuition to figure out "Will she, or won't she?" so that, like
Kevin Brown over in soc.singles, I will restrict myself to the
"observable facts"? Not on your life, or anyone else's!   :)

Mechanical engineer = able to relate to what? "Facts"? Sure! But
I'd really rather "relate" to some of my models... ;) ;) ;) ;)

*snicker*

KL>And dont bring up quantum mechanics.      

I didn't.

KL>to anyone else in this universe.  I was mearly stating
KL>what I thought about myself, which is totally subjective.
KL>If you see otherwise of my saying of myself, it is your
KL>observation.  And since you know nothing of me other than
KL>what I have written,(which was not too much)  you do not
KL>have enough facts about me to conclude anything.  

Oh, really? (Shakespearean actor persona)

Methinks you take yourself and your views far too seriously.

(Victor switches to NetDude persona)

Relax, friend. Chill out. Go wi' the flow. Like, just BE!

(Victor switches to Southern California ValleyGirlSpeak)

Furshirr!  (translation: For sure!)

Back to our regularly scheduled programming......

VP>>I prefer Kahlil Gibran: "The world is a great mirror. It reflects
VP>>back to you what you yourself are."

KL>he must have been a quantum physicist.

Well, I dunno if you were trying to inject a bit o' levity here
(as I am), but actually, he was a Lebanese poet and philosopher,
and if my hunch is right, you've probably read some of his work.

Ken, all kidding aside, I'm just being mischievous here, and I'm
not interested in starting any philosophical debates or flamewars
or anything like that, either.

I just like to have FUN. And I don't have to switch NetGenders to
do it, either. Hope you don't think this is at YOUR expense.

Or should I call you Kendra?

Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha *gasp* *choke* *cough*

(Sorry, I couldn't resist, I'm laughing so hard I'm crying here!)

Me, Just ME,

Mischievous Honest Victor  :)