From:	Robert Watkins <robertdw@*******.net.au>
Subject:	Re: sidebars & potty mouth
Date:	Tue, 10 Sep 96 17:04:41 +1100

>>> And I've explained that you cannot take the sidebar comments as actual
>>> rules. Find a rule that supports the forced integration theory.
>>
>>but you didn't give a good reason why not..
>
>Yes I did.

Wrong question. :) Give us a good reason why you cannot factor in the
sidebar comments to cover discrepencies in the rules.

> "It is not possible to pass through things that are alive, no
>matter at what level, in astral space." It's the same rule I've been
>quoting since this debate has started. Once again, it's from page 145 of
>the SR2 rule book.

There's another rule that says that a purely astral being cannot affect a
purely physical being, like a net. Yet you want us to believe that the
mage's aura can hold up the net. I want us to believe it can't. It's an
either/or situation. Obviously ONE of the rules is going to get broken.

>his is the same Magister that says Immortal Elves
>don't exist in Threats, if you recall. He was lying there, he's wrong here.

Dunno, haven't read threats. Maybe he's just misinformed... Anyway, it
gets back to Occams Razor, finally. The situation is one that is EASILY
reproducible, given access to FAB. The corps MUST have tested this sort
of thing. Word would have gotten out. IF Magister is presenting
misleading information for some reason, SOMEONE would have spoken up in
the shadowtalk. QED, until there's more information, I'll take Magister's
comments as being at least mostly true, as they give me the least number
of inconsistencies with the exisiting rules, and common sense!



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