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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 3659123" data-attributes="member: 177">The purpose of a dam may be to provide water and electric power to a community, but that in no way means it won't have impact on the local fish ecology.&nbsp; What you want to use the thing for does not limit what it actually does.&nbsp; So, stated purpose is not relevant - the system meddles with the powers of the spiritual realm, and so those who are concerned with those powers will be concerned.Hm.&nbsp; Yes, he would.&nbsp; Might I refer you to a book by Eve Forward - Villains by Necessity?&nbsp; It is quite a fun read, about a world where Good wins, and what happens as a result... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I think the chaotic powers (who support personal freedom and rights) would be staunchly against such stuff.&nbsp; The lawful ones would like this notion.&nbsp; The neutral ones would at least question it - some would end up on each side of the fence.&nbsp; And anyone against whome the trick was being used would be against it.There's any number of pieces of science fiction that deal with &quot;mindwiping&quot; as a form of criminal justice, and they never make it a clear cut thing - so the basic answer as to why a government wouldn't do this is that the darned thing becomes a political nightmare, possibly leading to civil war.&nbsp; Only a government that is already desperate, or thoroughly secure in its position and agreement of the populace could use such a system without extra worry.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 3659123, member: 177"] The purpose of a dam may be to provide water and electric power to a community, but that in no way means it won't have impact on the local fish ecology. What you want to use the thing for does not limit what it actually does. So, stated purpose is not relevant - the system meddles with the powers of the spiritual realm, and so those who are concerned with those powers will be concerned. Hm. Yes, he would. Might I refer you to a book by Eve Forward - [i]Villains by Necessity[/i]? It is quite a fun read, about a world where Good wins, and what happens as a result... :) I think the chaotic powers (who support personal freedom and rights) would be staunchly against such stuff. The lawful ones would like this notion. The neutral ones would at least question it - some would end up on each side of the fence. And anyone against whome the trick was being used would be against it. There's any number of pieces of science fiction that deal with "mindwiping" as a form of criminal justice, and they never make it a clear cut thing - so the basic answer as to why a government wouldn't do this is that the darned thing becomes a political nightmare, possibly leading to civil war. Only a government that is already desperate, or thoroughly secure in its position and agreement of the populace could use such a system without extra worry. [/QUOTE]

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