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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: Crowley's sense of humor.
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Date: Thu, 4-Jul-85 02:14:25 EDT
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> The point of all this is that some people do not have the ability to
> put things in perspective. Some will swallow anything that is held
> to be true by "authority". If Crowley is joking, there are people
> out there who will not understand this. Look at all the crap
> in bookstores on astrology and the occult. There are people who
> will accept chunks of this at face value. I think that it would be
> a time bomb if his "joke" was placed in with the astrology and occult
> section.
> 
> Padraig Houlahan.

That's the risk with satire.  Without a warning label on it, some people won't
know the difference between satire and the real thing.  Partly because truth
is stranger than fiction, even the most ridiculous fiction.
-- 
Like a sturgeon (GLURG!), caught for the very first time...
			Rich Rosen   ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr