LAST EDITED ON 04-30-03 AT 04:57 PM (EDT)
 
(edit for can/can't typo)

>Plus, on a somewhat more serious note, one of the things about Don's
>character that was only touched on briefly in EPDTMU is that he
>has a horror of mind control and mind alteration, especially the
>surgical kind. (This is a side effect of his having unwisely visited

As far as I'm concerned this ios an entirely resonable thing to have a horror of, with or without having seen it in action. Bariancomps yes, skillchips maybe, minbending no. Even if the potential bendee came up with the notion and really wanted it done I'd be hesitant, just because of the precedent it could set.

>passing. (And if you're looking for a challenge to your dexterity and
>your confidence in same, try installing your own cerebral implants
>sometime. :)

Given the knowledge of how to install them and some means of getting the right angles of reach to do so (a pair of waldoes and a camera/monitor system spring most readily to mind) I'd think it more a test of pain tolerance than skill over sticking them in someone else's head, since while the brain doesn't feel pain the rest of the head certainly does, the nerves go direcly to the brain so you can't use a nerve block, and being clearheaded means no anasthetic. Yeah, there's probably still ways around it at a high enough tech level, but at that point you might as well have an AI put them in and suck the happy gas.

- CD