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Message no. 1
From: Brian Angliss <angliss@*****.COLORADO.EDU>
Subject: What happens....
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 09:53:27 -0600
>>>>>[So, Mitchell, what happens if Dad, rather AJ, gets in your way? Or
if you ever have the grievous bad luck to actually be ordered to
"disinfect" his particular hole?

Just in case you're curious, Ares was sent to disinfect our last hole,
after it was very carefully and systematically located. They lost a good
third of their unit, missed all the doctors and only siezed the minor and
comparably inexpensive medical gear, like the lights and operating tables.
However, something tells me that shutting down an advanced cyberclinic
would be a little less important than purging other areas of the shadows.
After all, you're obviously enhanced, and you might actually need Dad's
expertise someday.]<<<<<
-- Diana, Mistress of the Night <09:48:45/06-08-59>

*****PRIVATE: Lillith
>>>>>[Feel free to call upon Dad to remove Mitchell if you feel it's
necessary. I know SIGA does certain things internally, but the offer
stands nonetheless.

Dad asked me if I thought that anyone in SIGA might have been very
carefully magically conditioned, and he had that really unpleasant "I know
something that you don't" smile that he has when he's either asking me a
question to get my brain churning or when he actually knows. Knowing how
important SIGA is, I'd be amazed if there wasn't at least one or two spys,
but one doesn't need to be conditioned magically to be a spy.

If you feel that's a possibility, and I'm not sure it is so I'll let you
and Dir. Coppinger decide, I can offer my personal expertise in locating
people, for a small fee. I'm something of an expert in that area.]<<<<<
-- Diana, Mistress of the Night <09:55:39/09-08-59>
Message no. 2
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: What happens....
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 22:24:05 +0100
>>>>>[Explain to me, Diana, how a notably cautious cyberdoc might "get
in my way"?

I don't see it. Yes, he's a vampire. Personally, I'd feed some of the
people I'm going after to him with a big and happy smile. He's a doctor,
that earns him credit to any soldier. And, yeah, one day I might need
him to patch me up. Kind of hard to bust the man who's reassembling you.

Maybe, one day, I'll get sent for AJ. And if I get those orders, then
that's all she wrote, barring a change in the law that lets a HMHVV-
infected individual become a citizen.

Don't see it happening soon, though, and you guys have evidently had
practice taking care of yourselves.]<<<<<
-- Mitchell <22:19:43/06-08-59>

*****PRIVATE: Diana, Mistress of the Night
>>>>>[I agree, it might be useful to make certain enquiries. I doubt the
means used - if I'm not just jumping at shadows - were magical: the
likely threat is more subtle than that. But your father would be better
placed than anyone else we can use to judge that.

If we're wrong, though, I need Mitchell back, undamaged. We can't lose
more agents without damn good cause.

What can I do to help? I can tell you already he's got locator headware,
and the shutdown code for it is ROGUE WARRIOR.]<<<<<
-- Lilith <22:23:56/06-08-59>
Message no. 3
From: Brian Angliss <angliss@*****.COLORADO.EDU>
Subject: Re: What happens....
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 18:36:58 -0600
>>>>>[Dad wasn't always a cyberdoc, Mitchell, as I'm sure you're aware.
And your life belongs to the UCAS, not to you. Fact of life when you're a
soldier. If InterPol has been given orders by various UCAS factions to
shoot to kill Dad on sight, you'll excuse me if I'm understandably
curious, cautious, and concerned. You could always get the same
orders.]<<<<<
-- Diana, Mistress of the Night <18:31:52/06-08-59>

*****PRIVATE: Lillith
>>>>>[If you suspect cybernetics, then you're right, Dad's the man to talk
to. But just so you know, on a really busy day, I was able to condition
up to 40 people with rituals that made it so that any time the person was
in serious danger of having information extracted, thier brain shorted out
and killed them first. And the only trace it left was thier aura looked
like they'd been healed _once_. That was then, this is now, but the
techniques are similar enough that, if magic has been used, I'm probably
one of the better people to find it.

I wish I still had our old psych and biochem conditioning experts... One
works for Maxim, and the other had a bullet put in the back of his skull
by Maxim. Dad and I just don't have access to that expertise, or Dad
would probably offer it too.

If you want Dad to take a look at him, an unplanned, unanticipated
"kidnapping" could be arranged, though. And thanks for the deactivation
code. Dad doesn't need enemies these days, and I suspect that having to
cut up Mitchell for parts would probably make SIGA a bit unhappy.]<<<<<
-- Diana, Mistress of the Night <18:39:21/06-08-59>
Message no. 4
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: What happens....
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 00:37:45 +0100
>>>>>[I seem to be about the only person around here who _hasn't_ been
an illegal at some point, and I only mean my colleages at SIGA.

Yes, Diana, if I get orders I'll come after Doctor Jackson, but why
would I get sent in? Besides, there's ways short of outright mutiny to
get out of such a task.

Call me squeamish, but killing medical personnel just runs totally
against my grain, vampire ex-arms dealers or not.]<<<<<
-- Mitchell <00:37:54/06-09-59>
Message no. 5
From: Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: What happens....
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 01:31:15 +0100
>>>>>[Oh jeez, now he's pickin' on Diana. What is your problem Mitch?
Can't you take a fuckin' hint? Shut the fuck up, and hide in a corner.
Stop threatening everybody. Jesus Christ in a shopping cart, you sound
worse than those CoT fraggers who were pissin' in here a few weeks ago.
Go away, take valium, do somethin' with your life other than make
enemies in here.]<<<<<
-- Doofus <01:30:32/06-10-59>
Message no. 6
From: Brion Wauters <stu2204@****.COCO.CC.AZ.US>
Subject: Re: What happens....
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 15:20:55 -0700
>>>>>[Now, now, Doofus. Diana's a big girl and can take care of herself
just fine.]<<<<<
-- Irish <15:20:59/10-06-59>
Message no. 7
From: Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: What happens....
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 01:35:09 +0100
>>>>>[Aw, I know that Irish, but you gotta wonder about that dopey twit
taunting everybody. I mean, how many times have we heard


<poor Austrian accent>
"I'll kill you if you get in my way,"
</accent>


He sounds worse than Anthony Schwartzennegar in DoDosplat.


I mean talk about looped chip, jeez.]<<<<<
-- Doofus <01:34:23/06-10-59>
Message no. 8
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: What happens....
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 18:03:05 +0100
>>>>>[Oh, great, more crazies. Just what this place needs.

+++++begin news report
"And, Metroplex crime figures for the month of May showed a dramatic
increase in magically-related crime, some categories over _doubling_."
Don Greenhaigh says as a graph behind him demonstrates the leap. "Lone
Star attributed the rise to, I quote, a small group of criminal
magicians who are being actively hunted. One incident, caught on tape by
security cameras, shows the insidious nature of the threat."

[The film is of a nightclub, busy and crowded: four men, moving as a
group, approaching a boy and girl dancing together. The young couples'
faces are obscured. The girl turns, at once begins grinding herself
against one of the newcomers in almost a parody of desire, another of
them roughly fondling her breasts: the boy, protesting, is shoved aside
as the girl leaves with the quartet.]

"A young girl, compelled by magic to allow herself to be brutally
assaulted by strangers." Greenhaigh pronounces grimly. "Do you know
these men?" [Enhanced shots of the fuzzy security camera footage, of
all four] "Lone Star have offered a sizeable bounty for information
leading to their arrest, as they are believed to have carried out at
least eight similar attacks in the last month alone.

"The surge in crime covers matters as trivial as magical extortion,
where passers-by are forced by mind-control magic to hand over money and
possessions, even emptying their savings accounts to fill the coffers of
these magical thieves; right up to the use of magic to rape and kill, as
magical and occult killings soar. We've got Doctor Karen Dawes, of the
University of Washington's Department of Thaumaturgical Studies, here.
Doctor, what can be done about this menace to the public?"

[Dawes is a middle-aged woman with greying hair, and bright, alert eyes]
"Well, Don, I and many of the Department are assisting Lone Star at the
moment, to track down these criminals. I'd like to emphasise that these
people _are_ criminals, and a small group at that. Possibly even a
single group."

"Yet able to produce a disproportionate effect, surely? And able to do
their damage in a terrifyingly subtle way?"

"Yes, that's true. Magic is very powerful. And that's why many of us
magicians are banding together to help hunt down these-"

"But couldn't they have been stopped _before_ they went on this
rampage?"

"In the UCAS, you're presumed innocent until proved guilty. Rest
assured, Don, these men _will_ be found, and they will be punished. Part
of that punishment will be the permanent destruction of their magical
abilities, so they will never be able to repeat their offences."

"Thank you, Doctor. We've also got Peter Hallam, of the Citizen's
Association for the Proper Control of Magic, a volunteer group opposed
to the public use of magic. Mr Hallam?"

"Don, what we're seeing here is an inevitable consequence of magicians
being allowed to go free. No disrespect to the good Doctor, but her
public-spirited work is an exception to most magical individuals."
Hallam leans forward, warming to his theme. "Magic is one of the most
powerful forces on the planet, with an incredible potential to better
the lot of all humanity. Yet what do we see magicians doing? Frittering
away their energies doing special effects for simsense, or working as
glorified security guards. Those that aren't exploiting their talent for
criminal means, that is."

"So, Peter, what is your answer?"

"Well, Don, this will raise screams of protest from the magicians, but
we of CAPCOM believe that magic is too valuable, too powerful, for
individuals to be allowed to waste as they see fit. Magicially capable
individuals should be sought out, and assigned to tasks for the common
good. The benefits they could bring to us all are enormous, far
outweighing the slight cost to a handful of people. Those that refuse,
well, they'll have demonstrated a contempt for their fellow man and
shown a disregard for lawful authority."

"Isn't this forcible registration and control of magical power a little
extreme, Peter? Doesn't this single out magicians unfairly?"

"Yes, it's a strong measure, Don, but look at our city today, look at
the damage being done by criminal magicians. Registration and control
_protects_ lawful magicians, and allow firm and decisive action against
the unregistered criminals. Hundreds of magically powerful people have
registered their talents in Seattle alone, and are not 'singled out' as
a result. All CAPCOM proposes is an extension of that, and a careful
matching of tasks to abilities, allowing the scarce and precious
resource of magical power to be used to the benefit of all."

"Thank you, Peter. Mr Hallam will be speaking at the CAPCOM rally in
Green Park, Renton, this afternoon at six p.m. Next up! This week's
nominations for Seattle's Stupidest Criminal!"
+++++end news item

Not sure who's worst. A magical-rape gang, or a pack of 'concerned
citizens' getting their dander up to 'do something'. Hopefully it'll die
a quiet death before anyone gets too gung-ho or the politicians get
involved.]<<<<<
-- Bungle <17:44:32/06-11-59>
Message no. 9
From: Wraith <wraith@************.COM>
Subject: Re: What happens....
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 12:56:39 -0500
>>>>>[Keep dreaming Bungle...what in this town ever dies quietly except the
innocent?]<<<<<
-- Elphin <18:55:33/06-11-59>
Message no. 10
From: Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM>
Subject: Re: What happens....
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 15:07:28 -0400
>>>>>[What, no reaction? I suppose that after CoT proposed genocide, the
proposal of slavery provokes little response.

Peter Hallam, of the Citizen's Association for the Proper Control of Magic,
is proposing the enslavement of all magicians. "Magically capable
individuals should be sought out, and assigned to tasks for the common
good." Treated as an exploitable resource who's only purpose is to make
the lives of mundanes easier.

I'll not be held responsible the criminal actions of a few.

And I'll be a slave to no man.]<<<<<
-- the Dark Stranger <22:41:32 GMT/06-11-59>
Message no. 11
From: "Mark A. Imbriaco" <mark.imbriaco@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: What happens....
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 16:18:27 -0400
>>>>>[ I didn't really think it worthy of a response, Stranger. If anyone
comes and tries to control me like Hallam preaches, he'll have a fight on
his hands. I'm certain I'm not alone on this one. ]<<<<<
-- Nomad <16:18:16/06-11-59>
Message no. 12
From: Jett <zmjett@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: What happens....
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 18:19:16 -0400
>>>>>[Nasty drek, indeed...and the repercussions for magickers don't look
good, if these morons get their way. Let's cross our fingers and hope they don't have the
pull to pass something that'll put mage-masks on us all. Not only that, but I definitely
got this thing against sexual predators of ANY type... Wonder if there's any way to get in
on the bounty on these slags? Have crossbow, will travel.]<<<<<
-- Jett <18:14:28/06-11-59>
Message no. 13
From: Ein_Schuss <Jhary-a-Conel@***.NET>
Subject: Re: What happens....
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 00:11:47 +0200
>>>>>[ Eh, tDS, whazzup? A sey, let em all wear yellow pentagrams sewn ta
deir clothing, an fore em all ta have an additional name, like "Magnus". Helps
us
ta see ya. And has been tested about one hundred years ago - 't works. And
while we're at it, let's zap'em wizzards.

Let's face it: Ya spellslingers are spoilsports. No, really. We, we have ta train
and prepare, move ta good position, take aim, and position a round through
several layers of bodyguards. You, ya just point at someone, and WHAM, flash,
and target is dead, mabe even disintigrated. A don't call dis fair!

And while we're at it... let's do da same with metas, too. Starting with dwarfes...
dem little buggers always try to pretend dey're human.

No, wait...]<<<<<
-- Ein_Schuss <15:09:24/06-11-59>
Message no. 14
From: Team ODIN <jhary-a-conel@***.NET>
Subject: Re: What happens....
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 00:11:47 +0200
>>>>>[ Ah, Stranger, the problem is, I _do_ _agree_ with Mr P. Hallam.
Yeah, I
do.

I am quite sure when he will put this up for ratification (as he's sure gonna be our
next representative) he'll have added that anybody who uses a gun, might use a
gun, or might look at a gun will be jailed for potential genocide and - of course -
treason, and the suspicious limbs being removed to protect society.

I like people with a mind like Mr P. Hallam. Yeah, I do. ]<<<<<
-- Canis <15:00:15/06-11-59>
Message no. 15
From: Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM>
Subject: Re: What happens....
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 18:17:02 -0400
>>>>>[That's exactly the sort of response I was looking for Nomad. Good to
see at least a few people are paying attention.]<<<<<
-- the Dark Stranger <09:18:16 GMT/06-12-59>
Message no. 16
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: What happens....
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 10:22:18 +1200
>>>>>[Damn right, Nomad... but knee jerk reactions aside, he's not talking
about magemasks for all, or other forms of total magic eradication... I for
one would like to hear what the pay rates for this community service would
be like, and what exactly we'd be put to work doing. It could be quite
relaxing, maybe even fulfilling.]<<<<<
-- Faerie <16:18:04/06-11-59>
Message no. 17
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: What happens....
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 21:46:47 +0100
>>>>>[Oh, _shit_.

+++++begin trideo excerpt
The episode of "Fire Team Cherokee" is interrupted by the KFIR station
card, then by their anchorwoman.

"A peaceful rally in Green Park, Renton, was suddenly the scene of
horror and death today, as mage-terrorists hurled deadly magic randomly
into the crowd. Over a thousand people had assembled to hear Peter
Hallam, founder and chairman of the Citizen's Association for the Proper
Control of Magic, speak when the killers struck. Tommy Wu was there, and
reports from the scene."

<cut to cameraman, standing amidst a scene of chaos: bodies lie
scattered in the park, fires burning fitfully in several places.
Paramedics, police and firemen are working with frantic energy.>

"Joanne, I'm here in the aftermath of a brutal magical atrocity. Dozens,
scores of people are dead or badly wounded, in a brutal and ruthless
attack on a helpless crowd. Here's the footage we recorded, as this
awful tragedy unfolded."

<The view cuts to a medium-range shot of the same park, a few hundred
people sitting on the grass in front of a small podium under a CAPCOM
banner. Peter Hallam is speaking, talking about the need for magic to be
properly harnessed and extolling its virtues when used for the common
good.

Suddenly he is wracked by an agonising seizure, jerking and spasming.
The crowd gasps in alarm.

"Know this!" Hallam croaks, in a voice hardly his own. "Know that we,
the Enlightened will never submit to your chains! We were born to rule,
and rule we shall! See, the fate of those who oppose us!"

As the audience begin to panic, Hallam raises shivering hands, hooks
them into claws and tears his own eyes out. "See my punishment! See what
awaits those who resist!" he screams, smoke or steam emerging from his
mouth and blood pouring from his ruined sockets, before his body erupts
into flame as if from within.


The people watching are rising to their feet and beginning to scatter,
when they suddenly seem to turn on each other, kicking, punching and
clawing. Amidst the melee, a ball of flame erupts, washing across dozens
of people: they forget their urge to mayhem as their clothes ignite,
screaming and writhing in agony as they burn. Another knot of panicked
citizens are enveloped by a tidal wave of greenish liquid that flays the
flesh from their bones and scorches the very earth under their feet.
Vividly bright little footballs of fire, moving with awful intelligence,
fly among the crowd, burning and scorching all in their path.

A group of the audience, fleeing in panic, turn in unearthly unison, set
upon an elderly man in a wheelchair, who vanishes beneath the surge of
bodies with a despairing scream.

Hallam, still burning, is on his knees, flame-gloved hands raised in
supplication: above him, the CAPCOM banner blazes with a black flame.>


Tommy still seems a little wide-eyed with fear. "Joanne, the attack
lasted only a minute or so, but at least twelve people died and many
more are badly hurt: and hundreds are in shock at what they were
magically forced to do to their fellow man. This was one of the most
atrocious crimes I've ever reported. Tommy Wu, for KFIR News."
+++++end trideo excerpt

That's it. I'm off to stay with Mom in Albuquerque for a few weeks. I
don't need to _be_ here to haul up the news, and this town is too
fragged in the head for me.]<<<<<
-- Bungle <21:46:54/06-11-59>
Message no. 18
From: Brion Wauters <stu2204@****.COCO.CC.AZ.US>
Subject: Re: What happens....
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 15:35:05 -0700
>>>>>[Welcome to the land of the free, where if you have a potentialy
valuable talnet, you can't be trusted to decide how to use it for
yourself. What's next? Folks with artistic, scientific or medical
talent being "managed" for the greater good? If these drekheads get
this measure passed, then alot of the "law abiding" mages will head for
the shadows rather than be reduced to slaves.

Damn it! I lost alot of blood trying to ensure that this was still a
country where personal freedom was valualed. And these fraggers what to
turn it into something Stalen would be proud of.]<<<<<
-- Irish <15:34:15/11-06-59>
Message no. 19
From: Jeffrey Mach <mach@****.CALTECH.EDU>
Subject: Re: What happens....
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 15:49:11 -0700
>>>>>[It gets harder and harder every day to tell when people are
kidding....

Rather than work my fingers to the nub (funny I never did get a datajack),
I'll just reference you to my comments to GKJ back before and during the
CoT mess.]<<<<<
-- Michael <15:50:05/06-11-59 PDT>
Message no. 20
From: Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM>
Subject: Re: What happens....
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 19:03:47 -0400
>>>>>[Excellent. A reaction. I'm not sure if all of them are serious, but
at least even joking indicates someone is paying attention to the
situation. And that's all I was really going for.

Spoilsport Ein Schuss? Perhaps. But I doubt I'm as talented an assassin
as you are, even with my magic. And trust me, we don't just wiggle our
fingers and make things go "poof!" Lot harder than that.

Tylor, I'm not sure I agree with every word, but close enough.

Canis, I surely hope you were joking. So much regarding intent get's lost
in these messages it's hard to be sure. As a joke, amusing. If serious,
well, then the congress critters decide to enslave magicians or seriously
attempt to restrict us, what next?]<<<<<
-- the Dark Stranger <10:05:15 GMT/06-12-59>
Message no. 21
From: Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: What happens....
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 23:28:19 +0100
>>>>>[Slave or willing beneficiary to mankind? Funny, I'm sure that was
the logic used by the Egyptians, Romans, Greeks and early Pioneers of
America when they used slaves. It wasn't slavery, it was the essential
and logical employment of manpower in mundane service to better the
fortune of mankind in general - in particular the ruling classes.


Well, I don't agree with the rather violent extremes offered earlier,
that fighting against registrars would be a better way out than
registration. Gun owners have to register their weapons or face the
penalty of law in illegal ownership, car owners have to register their
vehicles, all walks of life have registration, what is so different
about registering that you're magically able, or registering as a
foreign visitor?


Nothing at all, except that Hallam wants mages to work for the
betterment of mankind. A most admirable purpose, and any magically able
person who refuses to be associated with such a project should be lined
up against a wall and summarily executed - for if they do not have the
betterment of mankind foremost in their minds then they obviously
consider the opposite as more attractive.


However, slavery is not an option in this - the registration must be
voluntary with equal penalties as weapons ownership for non-
registration. Any work done at the behest of the registering
organisation must be voluntary. It will achieve nothing to force
anybody to do something they are not prepared to do, and a valuable and
powerful asset like magic must be treated with respect and deference to
the owner. There should be nothing to make the awakened people feel
second class to the rest of society, and there should be nothing that is
in anyway oppression oriented in the scheme whatsoever.


What does that leave us. The magically able screaming about oppression,
exactly the same as the gun nuts screamed in the late 1990's before the
gun laws were reviewed in 2002 following a massacre involving 173
students and 42 civilian bystanders when 15 year old George Scheigel
went berserk after so called bullying tactics were employed against him.
Branded as a geek and weirdo, he decided to "get back" at his fellow
students, sparking a powerful reaction from parents and students across
the old US.


Then there are other forms of registration employed across the UCAS.
Foreigners working in UCAS companies, visitors from other parts of the
world need a VISA and a work permit if they wish to find employment, car
owners register and tax their vehicles every year. So what's so
different.


Is the registration of mages an infringement of their rights, or simply
another form of monitoring that is standard policy in this country. Why
would they complain so bitterly against registration? Well, for exactly
the same reasons the gun lobby fought against the revision to gun laws
for thirty years - because in the minds of those who own the offending
article, it is their god given right to own something that nobody else
can have. It is their god given right to exersize the right to be
unregistered and free, to wander the streets and cities, killing with no
course for redress. To stand by blithely and allow others of their ilk
to kill, rape, maim, control, destroy.


Why? Because anything different is against the first amendment - their
unassailable right to freedom to do whatever they want when they want
where they want. Because the majority who don't already work for the
corporations, government and independent companies - already registered
I may add - are already guilty of illegal acts. They feel that if they
are registered that these illegal acts will catch up with them and they
will pay the legal cost for their activities. Of course they'll deny
this, who wouldn't. But if they honestly answer the questions posed by
Peter Hallam - the only valid objection is the fascistic enrolment in a
slave program that is the only real reason to fight against this type of
registration. Anything else is based upon the ludicrous, futile and in
the end destructive right to be allowed to live as they wish outside of
the law.


Magically able people can quite happily scream about oppression all they
like. But it will only take a few more incidents like those witnessed
in Redmond, more evidence of the repercussions of the Ghost Dance (ie
the weather phenomena in Alaska, and other indications of the
environmental damage done by Daniel) more incidents such as those
recently used as an example by Hallam, and registration will not only
become compulsory but will be enforced by Federal Agencies. Any
resistance to such registration will then be considered as an act of
aggression against the state, and the necessary measures employed to
ensure that the dangerous individual is neutralised.


If you're caught walking down the street with an illegal firearm or
cybernetic implant you can be prosecuted up to several years in jail and
a variety of sub offences can be brought to bear to make life really
miserable.


So why should a mage or shaman, or adept, who can possess spells of
death and destruction, mind control and illusion be allowed to operate
outside of laws that include other dangerous weapons?


No reason whatsoever.


So, don't fight registration, encourage it, adhere to it and accept it.


But. And this is a big but.


Do not under any circumstances allow the government to arbitrarily bring
a bill through Congress to register magically capable people with laws
that will reduce them to serfs and unwilling slaves. Fight the laws,
fight the idiots like Hallam who would turn you all into Energiser
Bunnies. Fight the lunatics of this world who would reduce every mage,
shaman and adept to a statistic in a genetic pool of talent for the fat
cats and rich fucks of this world. But fight it legally, with
legislation, with counter campaigns to explain to an unknowing and
fearful populace. Use of publicity, campaigns, organisation. Fighting
individually on a violent premise and independent, individual operation
is not the way to go. Objecting loudly and claiming that you'll fight
or kill anyone who tries to stop you is definitely a "BAD Idea" <tm>


Join MACRO (Mages Against Compulsory Registration and Oppression)
today. Fight for your rights to remain free and independent operators,
fight to keep your right to live as free people, fight for the right to
live. Fight for your rights.


MACRO were formed by a group of concerned individuals from MIT&T
following a short lived campaign in 2058 to have magically able people
registered against their will and tagged. This situation was
unacceptable then and is unacceptable now. You can find out what MASC
stand for, and meet the committee members at our Matrix site >LTG/RTG<
or, attend the Seattle conference, at SeaTac Conference Centre on 15
June.


Be there, join the fight, or shut the fuck up and accept what they want
to do to you like the rest of the sheep.


Your choice.]<<<<<
-- Maeglicz <23:16:22/06-11-59>
MASC HQ. MIT&T
Texas, CAS
<crossposted to MagicNet>
Message no. 22
From: Wraith <wraith@************.COM>
Subject: Re: What happens....
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 21:04:42 -0500
>>>>>[What's next Dark Stranger? Enslavement of those that fly through the
so-called "virtual" realities at the speed of thought Hey Orks and Trolls
can take more damage than a norm...why not use them exclusively as members
of the bomb squad? Dwarfs can fit into smaller spaces...shove them into
little holes and let them mine away, no need for special protection, after
all, most of them a resistant to certain things...Use the theory that all
Elven women and tall and graceful, and you've got a society of hookers...all
for the good of the nation of course...they're doing their civic duty...Can
anyone look at the proposed thoughts of action against mages and NOT wonder
what's next?]<<<<<
-- Black Fire <02:56:47/06-12-59>
Message no. 23
From: Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: What happens....
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 02:27:44 +0100
>>>>>[Hey ES? You been at the funny juice agin?

Now you should know better than to answer stuff like this, sarcasm is
summat that people here don't recognise until it's nailed to their
foreheads.]<<<<<
-- Twitch <02:27:13/06-12-59>
Message no. 24
From: Jett <zmjett@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: What happens....
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 22:56:04 -0400
>>>>>[Drek, this one hit close to home...hell, I could see the smoke from
my apartment. Yeah, I'm probably getting irritating by now, this unemployed slitch sitting
in front of her deck making observations that reflect a keen grasp of the obvious...but
really, now. First mage-rapists, then this. What the frag is going on? Wonder if the two
are linked at all? I mean, shit, someone's gotta be up to something, as usual. And you DO
have to take note of the target of the terrorist attack...

So in the meantime, conspiracy or not, we're looking at yet ANOTHER
megalomaniacal magical group looking to take over the world. You think
it'd be old hat by now...]<<<<<
-- Jett <22:55:32/06-11-59>
Message no. 25
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: What happens....
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 01:00:18 +0100
>>>>>[Maybe you should brace for amazement, but I agree with the shadows
on this one.

No _way_ would I support bundling all the magical power up into one
nice, tight, Federal-controlled package. I _work_ for the Government,
I'm a mundane, and I'd still fight any such proposal.

Power corrupts.]<<<<<
-- Mitchell <01:00:35/06-13-59>

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