On Tue, 3 Sep 1996, Jeanne Hedge wrote:

Bryan K. Ogawa <bkogawa@primenet.com> commented on Richard's revised story:

Interview

Thy Inward Love : Aftermath

by Richard Lawson

My mom *subscribes* to People magazine. <g>   They do quite a few human
interest stories, and IMO a story about the "Savior of the World," with
photos of her homelife, would fit well with their format.  As for "Magic:
The Reality," I think that would depend on the slant put on the story.  If
it was a bit on the sensational side, it would quite definitely fit in
People (IMO always :)

OK... since I don't read People, I didn't know... I guess I was just
thinking about those cover stories that Life and Time do on stuff,
sometimes ALL of them at the same time. 

Both of their faces cloud over, as do most everyone's at the memory of those
days.  Akari speaks softly, sadly.  "It was very hard.  We had good friends
who could make sure we were safe from economic hardship.  We were less 
concerned about that than we were about what kind of world our children 
would grow up in.  If they were allowed to grow up at all."

The last sentence is jarring to me -- why would they NOT be allowed to
grow up?

Because they're dead of starvation?

[good explanation deleted]

Getting back to the story, if there is no home-grown, home-raised food, and
the people refuse to eat food from the outside, we get into a starvation
situation.  And when we get into that situation, we get those riots and
chaos you were talking about.  And from there, who knows what would happen
to little kids.

Hm... I guess I wasn't doing a good job of communicating my concern.  What
the word allowed triggered in me was the idea of euthanasia or other
extreme (and insane) institutional forms of starvation control.  I think
it was the word "allowed" that did the deed -- maybe rephrasing to avoid
it?  Of course, it could just be me, and it could just be having read the
first version and thinking of it then.

Jeanne Hedge
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Liked the quote, BTW.

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