From:	Erik S Jameson <esj@***.UUG.ARIZONA.EDU>
Subject:	Re: corp uni
Date:	Thu, 6 Oct 1994 11:49:36 -0700

On Thu, 6 Oct 1994, J.W.Thomas wrote:

> I cannot believe the stuff some of you peaple are coming up
> with about evil corps and universitys...
MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

> A corpotation would NEVER risk that much NEGATIVE PR... the
then how do you explain all the research (illegal) that we all know they
do anyway?

> So NO wendigo's, biomech cyber research, mad robots or
> streetgangers...
then what fun is that?

> Corp buys out a Uni...
sorry, but the cold hard facts are that almost allof the funding for
universities in 2054 is going to be from corporation. In the Germany
sourcebook, it is a given that every university has a corp behind it. It
isn't that much different in the UCAS. So, basically, when a corp says
jump, the school begs and grovels and says "how high, o worshipful master?"
Mind you, this isn't going to be general public knowledge. Hell, most of
us don't realize how much corporate funding our schools get RIGHT NOW!
It's an ugly truth.

So, in other words, I firmly believe that you can all sorts of evil
corporate involvement, experiments gone horribly wrong, and hell, if you
REALLY feel like, you could involve wendigos or toxic spirits or insect
spirits or...

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Erik!
a.k.a. the Whistler