Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!mcnc!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!oyster From: oyster@uwmacc.UUCP (Vicious Oyster) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Choice Message-ID: <1387@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 11:47:13 EDT Article-I.D.: uwmacc.1387 Posted: Fri Aug 9 11:47:13 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 11-Aug-85 03:19:59 EDT References: <1102@pucc-i> Reply-To: oyster@uwmacc.UUCP (Vicious Oyster) Distribution: na Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center Lines: 18 In article <1102@pucc-i> aaz@pucc-i (Marc Mengel) writes: >>> [paraphrased...] Let's say someone hits you over the head with a >>> two-by-four. Are you saying you CHOOSE to feel pain? > > I have also seen > people BREAK two-by-fours with their head, hands, etc. This > requires a concious choice beforehand, lots of training, and a lot > of discipline. > > It can be done. > Another anecdote from my personal files: I have broken a board with my hand (and felt really silly doing it). I felt pain. I chose not to make it *hurt*. And if somebody broke a board over my (or Chuck Norris') head, it would still hurt. The point is that you can't be constantly preparing yourself mentally for that board to hit. You could make damn sure nobody was sneaking up on you with a board in hand, but that (symbolically speaking) would take all the fun out of life, wouldn't it?