| From: | "Bruce H. Nagel" <NAGELBH@******.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: Mysticism [New Spells for Old, |
| Date: | Sun, 13 Jul 1997 19:54:29 -0500 |
> |WRONG!!! the Great Ghost Dance wasn't truly evil (end justifying the means
> |and all) and was completely voluntary on the part of the dancers. It got
> |their attention. Of course, so did the Sears Tower Incident...
> Will you stop saying "WRONG!!!" as if you're jumping up and down with glee!
> And again, no, I'm not wrong.
> The Ghost dance drew the horrors because of the sheer magnitude of it all.
> EVIL BLOOD magic can draw horrors in much smaller doses.....
I agree. the 'wrong' thing is annoying, especially when you're talking about
something which can be seen many different ways (the case with most
moral/ethical situations). The Ghost Dance was used to give the Amerinds power
over those who had oppressed them, and used the means of endangering the lives
of many, many UCAS citizens. That is not only means-to-an-end, that is the
epitome of means-to-an-end: terrorism. I threaten to do X if you don't do Y.
Those citizens had nothing to do with the power struggle, and yet were being
threatened with magical might and ordered to give up their homes. Say that
wasn't at least a little evil, go ahead. Maybe justified to Americans who'd
been shoved off their land and lost much to caucasians, but does that justify
holding millions hostage? I'm wandering, this has nothing to do with the Blood
Magic thread I'm afraid, but... don't go shouting WRONG! in my ear when I have
some idea of what I'm talking about. Don't do it to others, either, they'll
make you look bad.
losthalo
"This is your Uncle Larr here, I'm just trynna help you people"
--some stand-up comic
