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From: ganetauk
Date: Thu Apr 3, 2003 3:25am
Subject: Re: various
what specifically is a "magitians"?
--- In a previous message magic_woody wrote:
> Okay it's been a while since I've posted so forgive me if I'm
rusty.
> I have a few points.
>
> 1. A subject was brought up about limiting lurkers and putting
> safety precautions in for children. One of the points raised was
to
> remove members for not posting emails (the lurkers). I am totally
> against this. One of the main reasons for this is that I am
> receiving 50 emails a day including such subjects as; which music
> album is the best, how to play the piano; who likes the violin?, I
> sat in row k at some event next to some person, watch dead poet
> society and who can forget the numerous Sherlock Holmes, as you
> probably know the list goes on. So how about limiting this stuff
to
> private email and save the rest of us time.
>
> 2. This guy who has provided us with the deadly "remove your
> headache" solution. I would personally like to thank this person
for
> posting this as it is informative and is connected to Derren
Brown.
> Yes I understand that it is dangerous but people who study magic
are
> gererally intelligent (except me! i'm sure a few of you will be
> replying - I'll teach this technique of knowing what you will
reply)
> Derren even implies this in his book.
>
> I would to also like to thank the people on this site who ask
> magic/psycological questions and those who provide the answers,
> useful links and recomended books as I feel that the purpose of
this
> site is to allow us to progress as magitians and understand the
> workings of Derren Brown