Cards as currency

mary whalen · 20 Jul 1998, 00:08 · from whorl-v0008.mbox · original

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From: mary whalen <marewhalen at yahoo.com>
Subject: (whorl) Re:  Cards as currency
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 00:08:09
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This is Sean Whalen (prion).

It seems unlikely that the cards would have been adopted by the cargo
after the voyage for use as currency.  They would have no reason to
accept as valuable things stolen from the "sacred" machines.  They
wouldn't really need to use anything as money.  Who would have begun
to steal them, for what reason, and why would others accept it?

prion
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