From:	"Jeremy \"Bolthy\" Zimmerman" <jeremy@***********.COM>
Subject:	Re: Coffee beans vs. astral perception
Date:	Fri, 15 May 1998 19:52:38 -0700

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> From: Steven McCormick <stardust@***.NET>
> To: SHADOWRN@********.ITRIBE.NET
> Subject: Re: Coffee beans vs. astral perception
> Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 7:34 PM
>
> >Caric said on 14:29/13 May 98...
> >
> >> > *lightbulb: ON*
> >> > OTOH, coffee beans are the seeds of coffee plants, right? So is a
seed
> >> > alive or dead? If it's alive, then it would prevent astral
intrusions...
> >> > *lightbulb: OFF*
> >>
> >> Anyone still wonder how huge flame wars about nonsense start? ;)
> >
> >It's a serious question from an SR perspective, not nonsense. If you
want
> >to run a smuggling campaign, you need to figure out ways to hide goods
> >from prying sixth senses, and this seems like as good an idea as any to
> >me...
> >
>
> If I recall Biology 101 correctly, 99.99..% of a seed is just "food" for
> the germination process, i.e. until the plant extends roots and gets a
> couple of leaves to start photosynthesis. IMO the only "alive" part of
the
> seed would be the genetic material contained in the seed and that's
> microscopic. So even a 50 pound bag of coffee beans wouldn't provide
much
> astral protection for a smuggler.

Okay, let's complicate this then:

Some plants, you can cut off a bit of it and replant it, and it will grow
from that bit. Now how would the rules for auras work with that?