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- From: pechever@phakt.usc.edu (The Heckler)
- Newsgroups: alt.magick
- Subject: Not for prestidigitators (was Re: You prefer white or black magic?
- Date: 24 Jan 1993 16:35:45 -0800
- Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- References: <1993Jan23.164321.10058@netcom.com>
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- Sigh. Here we go again. You'll note I've removed alt.magic from the
- newsfroups line, to help cut down on complaints from the justly annoyed
- folks over there.
-
- In article <1993Jan23.164321.10058@netcom.com> derich@netcom.com (Scott A. Steinbrink) prattles:
- >If you had a choice, would you prefer black or white magic?
- >Why?
- >I'd pick white so I can help God spread some goodness all around the earth.
- >- Scott
- >--
- >Scott Allen Steinbrink
- [ugly .sig gleefully deleted]
-
- Okay, Scotto. First, you posted to an inappropriate newsfroup. The fact that
- you included both alt.magic and alt.magick in the post suggests to me that
- you didn't know which one was for what, and that leads to the conclusion that
- you haven't actually read either of them. Posting without a clear concept
- of what's going on is a breach of net.etiquette...but that's relatively
- minor; frosh do this every September.
- Second, the question is vague, relatively inane, and an obvious set-up for
- what you think really important: What Scott thinks of the question (see your
- inane (again) comment after the question).
- Most of the folks here on alt.magick (certainly the heaviest posters) don't
- believe in white/black polarization of magick; magick just is. So right away,
- you don't have a common system of referents with your audience. Second, it's
- not a good question in that it probably won't provoke well-thought-out
- discussion about the scope, use, and framework of magick as a whole. It's
- kind of a "What's your favorite thrash metal band?" question put to the
- assembly of the Bach Appreciation Society.
- Now I've been gentle, so don't come whining to me. You got off light.
- If josh takes a whack at you, I won't be responsible. And, Scotto...
- read the group for a month or six before posting again, would you? There's a
- nice undergrad.
-
- Cheers, and all that,
- Paul (the heckler) Echeverri
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