From:	gurth@******.nl (Gurth)
Subject:	Legal Magic
Date:	Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:05:01 +0200

According to Kevin McB, on 16-8-05 22:16 the word on the street was...

> And of course there's always video evidence.

That only really works for physical spells, that have an effect that's
visible on recordings. If you zap someone with Manabolt, even if there
are effects that are visible to the naked eye (that is, if someome rolls
high enough on their Perception test to spot the spell), it won't be
visible on any video...

> "The prosecution would like to submit this DVD as People's Evidence
> 2-B. In this footage, you can clearly see the defendant waving his
> hand around just before a fireball appeared out of nowhere. If you
> look closely, you can also see the blood running out of his nose
> immediately afterwards..."

For which, I'm sure, a good lawyer would have all sorts of plausible
explanations. Waving your hands is not illegal (and, in any case, not
required for SR magic) and the nosebleed could just result from the
shockwave of the fireball explosion rupturing some blood vessels in the
unfortunate victim's nose...

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