[UA] Risking it - Subjectivity or objectivity?

James McGraw pdytjem at nottingham.ac.uk
Mon May 7 14:49:30 PDT 2001


>>> redfern at thehub.com.au 05/07/01 10:28pm >>>
>
>By the same logic, if an entropomancer performs an action that he thinks is
>risky - but unbeknownst to him, it isn't, because the gun is empty or
>whatever - he gets no charge.

I would say that he gets the charge, because for all he knows, the gun could be loaded, so there _is_ a risk. This is one situation where (IMHO) there is an exception to the "magick needs intent _and_ meaning" rule.

james the cat

"22:00: I am now standing opposite Bruce Forsyth 
shouting 'higher' or 'lower'.  I don't know why.  I do 
know, however, that Armageddon is actually 
a place."
       Paul Tooby


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