On 30 Sep 96 at 12:00, Jason McVean wrote:
> I didn't mean to imply that the Virain Tarot couldn't be done.
> But a fine line must be walked. If someone were to pick up a
> Virian Tarot deck and not know anything about memetics, it could
> be quite possible for said person to use it much as a Tarot deck
> is used if the resemblance to too close. The first step to
> distancing the idea from Tarot is probably to stop calling the
> idea Virian Tarot. At the same time, if you retain none of the
> Tarot concepts (i.e., "reading" the cards), there is the risk
> that the deck would become a fancy set of flashcards.
We also lose the opportunity to hijack the meme. Sorry, I mean
'attract interest among Tarot users'.
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