On 4/12/02 9:49:00 AM, Drew Laiche wrote:
>I am sorry to report that
>Tompkin's essay has lead me to
>believe that the conclusions I
>come to in regard to her
>argument are, in fact, tainted
>by my own experiences. I can
>think that I truly understand
>what she is writing about, yet
>my understanding of the
>writing leads me to the
>conclusion that I can't truly
>understand at all.

I am
>caught with the notion of
>subjective experience as an
>ultimate—there is nothing that
>happens outside of
>interpretation—and this brings
>me to a new better
>understanding of my own
>personal reality. I now
>understand that my reality is
>not what transpires but how I
>as an individual interpret it.
>So whatever Jan Tompkin's
>conclusion "really" is, I have
>come to a conclusion of my
>own, and prefer my subjective
>reality to Tompkin's any day.

Sounds good I really dont like listening to other people B.S. much my self, but truth is what you make it, good interpitation