At 04:02 AM 11/8/96 -0500, Black Unicorn wrote: ...

You know, I've always wondered, how did the genie get in the bottle in the first place. Someone must have coaxed him in there. ... Yes, they told him that it was for his own protection and that if he didn't do it, no one else would either. They told him that it wasn't nice, but it was far better than what he would be enduring if he stayed outside. Upon being released, however, he had the insight of the confinement. You can fool a being once easy enough, everyone has to learn somwhow. Its much harder to fool that being a second time, they know better. Like someone said, the government has to act now before the people know better.