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- From: siewert@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Karl Siewert)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: The lurking of the alien.
- Date: 24 Jan 1993 01:49:28 -0600
- Organization: Kansas State University
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- >Well, I've been lurking for ages, and
- >>I couldn't help but notice that everyone here prides themselves on their
- >>acceptance of strangers. "A stranger is a friend we haven't met yet", and all
- >>that. Well, being accepting is _easy_ when the strangers are nice people,
- >>especially when they appear in furry, inviting personae like Laz. But, cynic
- >>that I am, I couldn't help but wonder what would happen if you assumed the
- >>most UN-cute, UN-cuddly, UN-inviting persona you could think of, dropped it
- >>in the middle of the Place having made an entrance which was destructive of
- >>some of the building, and had it just sit there and wait.
-
- <HMM. RATHER AN UNSETTLING CONCEPT. MY LACK OF MOTION, AT LEAST, CAME
- FROM KNOWLEDGE THAT
- A. THESE BEASTIES ARE HARD TO FIGURE
- B. I PROBABLY COULDN'T DO MUCH REAL DAMAGE WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS LAG.
- C. MY GRENADE LAUNCHER MIGHT HURT KITTEN.
- D. THERE WAS A METHOD TO YOUR MADNESS.
-
- PERSONALLY, I FIND THE THOUGHT THAT I, OF ALL PEOPLE, WOULD JUDGE ON
- APPEARANCES LOATHESOME. AT THE RISK OF SLIPPING...
-
- an illusion slips, and RL intrudes.
- a 300 pound man sits at a terminal in the dead of night. his
- hair is a curly mass of stuff. he wears ripped jeans and an ill fitting
- tshirt. he still sounds just like maraud
-
- <As I was saying, the fact that we, of all people, might go off just
- becuz a being was less than attractive, seems silly. Perhaps there are
- a great deal of fuzzies here, but that simply means that's how they wish to
- be percieved. Had there been terrrorism afoot, I think the responses would
- have differed. I think all of us would want to react with swift and blinding
- violence to an uncalled-for attack. But, just becuz someone is a xenomorph,
- (or a kitty, or a werewolf, or a panda, or Jewish, or homosexual, or
- overweight, or blonde, or even a bi-bulb for that matter) would be anathema.
-
- >"Ladies, gentlemen, kindbeings-- to folly."
-
- the illusion returns
- <AMEN TO THAT ONE, CAPN.>
- slash telekinetically lofts his glass into the fire.
- <MICHAEL, I NEED DR PEPPER ON THE ROCKS, AND HOLD THE ROCKS.
- slash trips and falls off his soapboxes, but manages to teleport himself
- to kitten, and asks for a huge ol hug, and maybe a quick peck of the cheek.
-
- MARAUD OUT>
- --
- / James Riekar, barhopping yoyist, at your service \
- Impersonated at Fort Hays State by Karl G. Siewert, pretending to be at K-State
- \ address=siewert@matt.ksu.ksu.edu /
- \ Never underestimate the power of the truly eccentric. /
-