FATE OPINION ~CROSS.FIL~ -- ABUSE OF THIS MAGAZINE -- ~PENPAPER.BLK~ What you are about to read now, is the author's private opinion. You might agree, you might not. I want to express very clearly that this article expresses a single person's view, and not the magazine policy, although I do advise the rest of the Magazine Team to read and think carefully. Today is the 5th of June 1994. I've started reading the new magazine (#10) about an hour ago, and liked it a lot. Except for one thing. Again, a 'faithful' person tried to invade my mind with this Jesus dude (who, by the way, has never proved more expressively his nonexistence than in present time, but this is a matter of faith, not opinion). I personally do not care about people believing in Jesus, God, Buddha, Haile Selassie, Lou de Palingboer, David Koresh, their goat or Frank Sinatra, as long as they don't bother me with it. I am not a non-believer, but my belief is personal and I don't expect people to think the same way. It is their choice. And I am not the one who is going to tell them my truth. Therefore, I do not approve of anyone trying to influence other people's moral freedom. Like this Finnish guy in Issue 10. He insisted on not committing suicide but listening to Jesus. Although I am not trying to push anyone into a fatal act of self-destruction, I do think that everybody has to have the ultimate control over his/her own live. NOBODY has the right to influence anyone in these matters. What is he trying to do? Abusing the computer scene to convert people into Christianity? I think it's a good thing he comes out with his opinion, but starting to look like a Jesus-maniac is something quite different. It is scary in a sense of way. So here comes a special message: Juha, people read this magazine because they're interested in the computer scene. They all are fairly intelligent (I hope they are because of the spelling errors) and they're wise enough to form their own opinion, just like you seem to have been doing. Don't you think your energy is more wanted in other fields? The readers won't change a thing because of your articles, because they are a) in the wrong place b) at the wrong time c) in a wrong tone. Please, do yourself and others a favour, and don't bother me and others with your belief. Let us live our own lives. We are up to it. Havoc ~BROWN.PAL~