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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 22:16:10 GMT

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  /\    Words and thought only refer, not necessary reflect the reality.
 /  \   Like what Eastern mystics said: "The wise points to the moon, but
 \  /   the fool sees only the finger".
  \/    Perkataan dan pikiran hanya menunjuk, bukan mencerminkan kenyataan
        Seperti perkataan mistik dari timur: "Orang bijaksana menunjukkan
        bulan, tapi si pandir hanya melihat jarinya".
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Bilingual Edition                       Dwi-Bahasa
If you're confused reading the left     Kalau pusing baca bagian kanan, 
part, read the right part, and see      coba baca bagian kiri, semoga
if it will help a little bit.           lebih jelas maksudnya.
Sorry guys, there is some problem       Sori, editornya ngadat jadi
with my editor that the letter is       artikelnya putus di bagian ini
"broken" right here.
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Objective. Hmm, what a nice word.       Objektif, hmm, sebuah kata yang 
If we could really define what the      manis. Bila kita bisa mendefinisi-
meaning of word is, I think we could    kan arti dari objektif itu sendiri
have solved a lot lot of problems.      rasanya banyak masalah terpecahkan.
Sometimes we were arguing about         Kadang2 kita berargumen tentang
whether an opinion's objectivity.       objektifitas suatu pendapt, dan 
A lot of times, "objective" opinions    tidak jarang pendapat yg "objektif"
are more readily accepted than the      lebih mudah diterima daripada yang
more "subjective" ones.                 disebut2 "subjektif".

I'm not that bright in these matters.   Saya tidak terlalu cemerlang dalam
I don't quite understand what the       hal2 seperti ini, dan bahkan saya
real meaning of "objective" is and      tidak begitu memahami apa arti kata
what the real meaning of "subjective"   subjektif dan objektif. Setahu saya,
is. Those two words are used many       kata2 itu sering sekali dipakai dalam
times in articles. Could somebody       artikel2. Adakah dari pembaca a.c.i
please describe it for me? But while    yang bisa menolong saya menjelaskan
waiting for kind people for giving me   kata2 tersebut? Saya sendiri punya
some insight on those words, I have my  (sebetulnya) pendapat sendiri tentang
own opinion concerning them. I might    kata2 tersebut. Saya mungkin saja
be in interpreting them wrong though.   keliru dalam mengartikannya.

Objective, umm. Isn't it like 2+3=5 ?   Objektif. Hmm, mungkin seperti 2+3=5
Or, all mortals must die ? But maybe    ya? Atau, semua orang meninggal? Tapi
they are easy examples. Hmm, but is     itu agaknya terlalu mudah. Tapi apa
2+3 really 5 ? I'm not sure. That's     2+3 betul2 5 ? Not sure. Jadi bukan
not a good example then. The latter     contoh yang baik dong. Contoh kedua
is better example. What else? Can I     memang lebih bagus. Terus apa lagi?
find other examples other than that?    Masih ada contoh yang lain? Bagaimana
Oh, yeah. Everything falls downward,    dengan: semua benda jatuh ke bawah?
right? But wait, does downward here     Tapi apa yang dimaksud dgn "bawah"?
mean to the center of the earth, or in  Apakah maksudnya ke pusat bumi, atau
the direction of our feet? If Neil      ke arah kaki kita? Neil Armstrong
Armstrong drop a stone and it falls to  melepaskan batu di bulan, bisakah 
the moon, is it "downward" for us on    itu disebut "jatuh ke bawah"? Itu
the earth? That couldn't be a good      bukan contoh yang baik utk. kejadian
example for an "objective" event or     objektif. Jadi apa ? Let me think...
case. So what then? Let me think...

If we could see from a common pair of   Kalau saja kita bisa melihat lewat
eyes, think using a common brain, and   satu pasang mata, atau berpikir lewat
so on so forth, or probably just        satu otak, atau mungkin bisa "pinjam"
borrow our friend's eyes for a short    mata teman kita sebentaar saja. Tidak
time, there will be no problems of      terlalu banyak masalah tentang right
objectivity and "right perspective".    perspective dan objectivity. Meskipun
In spite of their being straight and    kita tahu bahwa rel kereta api lurus,
parallel, railway tracks are always     kenapa kita selalu melihatnya sebagai
seen as a pair of convergent line.      sepasang garis yang konvergen? Saya
Personally, I gave up defining what is  pribadi sudah menyerah, tidak bisa
meant by "objective" and "subjective".  menjelaskan arti kata objektif dan
Hmm, actually I want to relate this     subjektif (bahkan mencari bbrp contoh
topic to the "I and not-I" thing, but   saja sulit). Tadinya mau juga saya
let alone they are separate topics for  kaitkan dengan "I dan not-I", tapi
the time being (or else there''ll be    nanti menimbulkan thread baru tentang
other threads about Bruce Lee, Aaron    Bruce-Lee, Aaron Kwok, atau bahkan 
Kwok, or even The Rippingtons :-)       The Rippingtons :-)

I leave this article open-ended and     Saya tinggalkan artikel ini pada
leave to the readers whether they want  pembaca, apakah punya pendapat ttg
to give some opinions concerning what   makna dari objektifitas, atau.. hmm,
is meant by objectivity, <<what is the  <bagian ini ngga bisa diterjemahin>
problem>> :-) etc. I try to give some   Saya mencoba memberikan sudut pandang
new viewpoints, from my viewpoints as   baru, dari saya yang tidak paham ttg
a fool -- not knowing the meaning of    arti kata2 tsb. Saya belum menuntas-
those two words. I haven't continued    kan bagian kedua "I and not-I", masih
the second part of "I and not-I", still dimasak. Semoga bisa dalam edisi dua
cooking it. Hopefully I can present it  kolom seperti ini. 
bilingually too (is it really harder to
reply and read in English?)
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Awaiting for further discussions.       Sampai diskusi berikutnya.

Reading for thought: "An argument".     Bacaan: "Sebuah argumen".
One night, a drunk guy was crossing     Suatu malam, seorang mabuk berjalan
a bridge when he ran into one of his    menyeberang jembatan dan bertemu
best friend. They both leaned on one    temannya. Mereka bersandar dipinggir
side of the bridge and began chatting.  jembatan dan bercakap2.
The drunk: "Wwwhat was that?".          Si-mabuk: "Aa-apa itu?"
Friend: "What is what?"                 Teman: "Apa yang apa?"
The drunk: "On the water, round",       Si-mabuk: "Di air, bundar"
He pointed to the water below them.     Dia menunjuk ke air di bawah mereka.
Friend: "Oh, that's the moon".          Teman: "Oh, itu bulan"
The drunk: "Yyou're ddrunk maan,        Si-mabuk: "Hheey, llu mabok yah?
if dat's the moon, How c.come we are    Kalo itu bener2 bulan, masa kita
both standing on the top of it?".       bisa ada di atas bulan?"
Friend:... <-- (fill in the blank)      Temen:... <-- (tolong bantu)
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Sunny day, 
The Empire State
ESCape(c)1993
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