Turks worried about subversive magicians

[Blondin]

Army List Targets Minorities, Magicians (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=583&e=5&u=/nm/20040311/od_nm/turkey_military_dc)

Just reinforces the notion that a magician is a good guy to have on your side.
:D

[Blondin]

The article implies that their reason for including magicians is more superstitious than logical but I wonder if the author missed the point - real magicians are more likely to see through bullsh!t and propaganda.

[MRC_Hans]

I suppose army people are simply pragmatic: Anybody with a leverage on public opinion is a risk factor in their book. How or why is basically irrelevant.

Hans

[Mycroft]

Originally posted by Blondin
The article implies that their reason for including magicians is more superstitious than logical but I wonder if the author missed the point - real magicians are more likely to see through bullsh!t and propaganda.

Yeah, but seeing through bullsh!t and propaganda doesn't make them any less likely to perpetuate it. :)