Re: virus: Re: discipline of translation
David McFadzean (morpheus@lucifer.com)
Mon, 7 Jul 1997 19:33:19 -0600
> From: Ken Pantheists <kenpan@lurchinvault.com>
> Date: Friday, July 04, 1997 1:12 PM
>
> I would say that if someone started to say to me that "Once upon a time
> in a galaxy far, far away...this happened." I would have to exercise
> faith in the process of believing that person. Granted it is not capital
> "F" faith, but it *is* faith. I will accept the components of the
> fantasy as real in order to glean the "truth" from it. (that good guys
> win or that you should never shave a wookie.)
Personally I can get a great deal out of fiction (in all its forms)
without believing it is true. Are we talking about the same thing?
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David McFadzean david@lucifer.com
Memetic Engineer http://www.lucifer.com/~david/
Church of Virus http://www.lucifer.com/virus/