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- From: merlin@freeside.com (Merlin the Idiot Magi)
- Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk.tech
- Subject: Re: SG & VR
- Message-ID: <9BeiuB1w165w@freeside.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 17:12:55 CST
- References: <Bxu56o.LIC@acsu.buffalo.edu>
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- dudek@acsu.buffalo.edu (The Cybard=) writes:
-
- [ Yeah, I deleted a lot of stuff, what's your point? ]
- > Yes, real hackers exist of both the legal and illegal genres, but cp is a
- > movement in science-fiction and entertainment. It is NOT a real movement
- > in the sense of a coherent social, political or technological force for
- > change. The Beatnik and Hippie "movements" of the 60's and early 70's may
- > have qualified as such, but definitely not cp. Anybody who thinks
- > otherwise, is probably playing too many role-playing games.
- >
- [ Deleted something else. ]
- >
- > --
- > David Thomas Dudek / v098pwxs@ubvms.bitnet \ __ _ The Cybard
- > State University / dudek@sun.acsu.buffalo.edu \ / `-' ) ,,,
- > of New York / "If music be the food of love, \ | | ()|||||||[:::}
- > @ Buffalo / play on!" - Wm. Shakespeare \ `__.-._) '''
-
- Cyberpunk is a movement because people will pay attention to us. I
- have been playing the `let's bs the ourselves and the world with mass
- psychology' game for awhile and figure that Cyberpunk, as a
- `movement'/fashion-trend will mainstream within 3 years. I consider
- myself a cyberpunk because I hang onto the system so I can learn how
- these things work. Cyberpunk _is_ a movement, it may not be a very
- legitimate movement, but it exists. ( Yes, I do own several Cpunk rpg's,
- but I haven't played them in a long time...) Cpunk has merit in that it
- allows a carefull observer to see how a group of ideas is changed as it
- becomes more and more a part of `normal' society. It's also fun to see
- how dumb people look with chips on their clothing (myself included, I do
- admit to that sin...).
- Cpunk may not change the world, but it is definitely worth watching.
- /// & ///
-
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