The Guild's Revolutionary

Jeff Wilson · 23 Nov 2009, 11:30 · from 2009-November.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:30:30 -0600
Subject: (urth) The Guild's Revolutionary
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David Stockhoff wrote:
> It used to drive me crazy that the Revolutionary doesn't spin, but I 
> agree that the pun solution is unavoidable. However, it's notable that 
> Thecla doesn't already know how it works. It may or may not be used only 
> on high-ranking rebels, but you'd think some word would have gotten out 
> among such people that the Revolutionary awaited them---or else why use it?

It's less of a pun than a Dantean contrapasso, I would say.

> On the other hand, perhaps it is rare that the Guild gets such people at 
> all, and therefore it uses the device only rarely.

Like most activities on Urth, "tradition" is probably the largest reason.

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