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Re: Symmetry protests and "I Think" #125
Posted By: Kelly, on host 207.18.199.198
Date: Friday, December 3, 1999, at 09:06:48
In Reply To: Re: Symmetry protests and "I Think" #125 posted by Sam on Friday, December 3, 1999, at 08:41:59:

> > Pro quo: "I have begun a personal protest of symmetry. You're welcome to join in and help out with the picketing and the rioting. Symmetry is evil, and I submit as evidence the haircuts of people who part their hair right down the middle. As a society, we have this misguided notion that symmetry is aesthetically pleasing, that what is on one side must be balanced on the other."
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> > Sam my friend, I don't know how to break this to you; but I don't think you're psychologically prepared to handle all the consequences of a non-symmetric bilateral-free society.
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> Me? The thoughts on "I Think" aren't my own, and whoever's they are ("whoever's" is a word, right?) is a fruitcake.
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> > Yep, that's why we typically install 2 faucet lines labelled "Hot" and "Cold" water, but no one thinks about creating a third, equally viable spigot called "Lukewarm"...
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> Right, because the correct faucet solution is to only have one spigot with two knobs (two, because a "lukewarm" knob wouldn't be helpful in mixing the right temperature).
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> Anyway, extremely interesting post, Wolf. Thanks for writing it.

If the thoughts on "I Think" aren't your own, then whose are they?

Or am I just missing your facetiousness again, fruitcake? ;-)

Kel"hard to tell with you sometimes"ly

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