From:	Eve Forward <lutra@******.COM>
Subject:	Re: New Insect Spirit!
Date:	Mon, 3 Apr 1995 20:59:29 -0700

Re: Ice age prevention

Uh-huh. And no doubt we've prevented lots of icky new creatures from
evolving by causing their ancestors to go extinct, and gotten rid of
some nasty potential diseases by eliminating tons of rainforest, and...
Well, I could go on. Ice ages happen. They've been happening for
a long time. But I don't recall any other incidence of a single species
managing the wholesale carnage we've acomplished. I personally don't think
that the possibility of preventing and Ice Age justifies us.
And to tie this into Shadowrun, I think the VITAS plague is
FASA's way of justifying that their game universe can still exist
and be playable that far in the future. Cutting out a sizeable portion
of the population is a good start, anyway. I approve of the game concept.

By the way, apologies to all the nice people who have, I am told, been
replying to me regarding Insect Spirits on the list; I haven't been
reading the list for several days, actually, so I missed it. Sorry.

-E