Digest whorl.v010.n097

Mark C. Andersen · 04 Apr 2000, 16:51 · from whorl-v0010.mbox · original

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From: "Mark C. Andersen" <manderse at nmsu.edu>
Subject: (whorl) RE: Digest whorl.v010.n097
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 16:51:32
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> From: "Alice Turner" <akt at attglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: Digest whorl.v010.n096
> Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 21:31:10 -0400
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> Rostrum said:
>
> > On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Timothy Reilly quoted Alice:
> >
> > > who is working for whom. >It's fascinating. And one single person=20
(not a
> > > god) puts the whole unwieldy structure in motion. I won't tell you=20
who that
> > > is, but you can >figure it out by keeping track of motivations and
> > > opportunities.
> > >
> > > Alice, please do tell all.  I'm not up to working it out myself, and=20
as I
> > > said I don't intend to try in future.  Same for you Patrick.
> >
> > I agree.  If you've got a conspiracy theory, let's hear it so we can=20
argue
> > about it.  Somehow I doubt you've found an uncontroversially "right"
> > interpretation that we'd all come to if we only read more carefully.
>
> Boys, boys,
>
> I'm not going to do your homework for you! Honestly, it's not that hard=20
to figure out, thinking from back to front. And figuring it out makes the=20
series fun. Ask yourself some sensible political questions.
>
> 1) Who stands to gain by a civilian insurrection or civil war? (No fair=20
answering "the populace" or some such; at the start of the campaign Silk is=20
unknown to most of the populace.)
>
> 2) Why choose Silk as candidate for calde? (Arbitrary, to a degree=20
perhaps, but there are good reasons for it.)
>
> 3) Who is in a position to put a campaign to unseat the Ayuntitmento in=20
motion? (This person or party must know Silk and be able to influence him,=20
must have the wherewithal--money and aides--to physically start a=20
"populist" campaign, must also have access to and information about the=20
Ayuntiamento, as well as the abovemenetioned motive.)
>
> 4) How is that campaign implemented? (Whoo-hoo, let me count the=20
ways...well, actually, I'll let you count them.)
>
> 5) How does that campaign run out of control? (Can't foresee everything,=20
can we, especially when we have unpredictable gods lurching in and out,=20
doing odd things?)
>
> At any rate, nothing is completely predictable, but there's some pretty=20
tight planning here.
>
> ;-) -alga

I've always had a suspicion that Quetzal instigated the rebellion, probably=20
with the express
goal of getting the Cargo out of the hold and onto Green, where they can be=20
of more use
to his kind. Silk is a logical candidate for calde because he's all about=20
carrying out the Plan of

Dr. Mark C. Andersen, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003-0003
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