From:	Robert Watkins <robertdw@*******.net.au>
Subject:	Re: The Physical/Astral Affecting Debate
Date:	Sat, 7 Sep 96 15:28:17 +1100

>Doesn't this imply that said mage should be able to lift the net's aura
>thereby lifting the net??? and while you are at it, why not strangle
>someone's aura and see their neck break [for real]? Or are we selectively
>ignoring something, hhmm?

Okay, look: There's a one-ton mass over there. Now, by applying force to
it, I shold be able to move it, right? So I wander over, and try to lift
it. In a microgee environment, I would be able to move it (though I,
being far less massy, would be move further and faster). However, it's
not in orbit. It's in my living room. I can't move it because the force
my arms exert on the weight is so much lower than the force gravity
exerts on it as to be laughable.

Similarly: a trapped mage can try to lift the net's aura. But the force
generated by the interactions of auras is so much weaker than the force
generated by gravity acting on the net as to be ignored. And while you
could try to strangle someone via their aura, it won't work because you
can't exert anywhere near enough force to close their windpipe. Clearer?


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