| From: | Dave Post caelric@****.com |
|---|---|
| Subject: | fox special: when MetaBeings attack! |
| Date: | Thu, 18 Feb 1999 20:16:45 -0800 |
>And so it came to happen that Dave Post wrote:
>
>> One thought I just had:
>>
>> If magic effects (aura reading, astral, etc...) couldn't be recorded, this
>> could give those who still don't believe in magic some, or at least don't
>> belive in the astral and auras, something to swear by...
>>
>> Mage: I see by your astral aura that you are heavily cybered...
>>
>> Street Sam: This astral drek...I can't see it, it must not exist. Make a
>> recording, and prove to me it exists!
>>
>> Mage: Umm, I can't...but trust me.
>>
>> Street Sam: Stupid chiphead...been slotting to many 'Conan the Barbarian'
>> chips!
>>
>> Mage: No, really!
>>
>> How does that sound? Of course, we all know magic exists in 2060, but many
>> people still don't believe it. This could help out one side or another...
>
>Well, uhm, if people in the year 2060 still do not believe in Magic they are
>either isolationists or simply a case for the psycologist. In that
>year/timeline you would be bombed with issues regarding Magic. Ilusionists
>on stage, Soapopperas (hm, maybe not those are for the cheap, fast coin ;o))
>and such. Hell, even the army uses mages and such in their service. So, most
>do know about Magic, but they fear it, or maybe have a bad feeling about
>this topic. And with recordings it sure could be help that the thing called
>magic is a bit less alien, but the general fear of the unknown, of the
>friendly neighbor who can change your very thoughts with his magic, or he
>can make the next barbecue a real happening with that flamethrower spell. So
>Magicusers will always be looked at with suspiscion, that is if the general
>public is not able to use it or to defend (yes I use this harsh word)
>themselves from magic.
>
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> __________________________________________
> ---> Steadfast
Well, umm, we still have people in todays world that refuse to believe
various things, for example, I know personally someone that thinks the
whole moonwalk thing was staged on a soundstage somewhere in the Dakota
badlands; there are people that think the Holocaust never happened; some
folks even still think the world is flat.
What all this means, is that if magic couldn't be reproduced in simsense,
many people would use this as an excuse to believe magic doesn't exist.
Dave
