Archive Assault I
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Archive Assault I
It's not a video game, it's a hypothetical question. And there is a part 2 and 3 coming. This is purely hypothetical.
Suppose an underground group of militant Antis were to pull off a perfectly ochestrated attack on the Church archives. They break in using force and steal every document kept there without causing bodily harm to anyone. Within a few weeks, they break in again, and return every document along with a stack of money to cover any physical repairs to the facility needed. Slowly but surely, they begin distributing copies of these documents on the internet. How many of you would read/publish commentary on the documents? How many of you would be happy for this to happen?
Suppose an underground group of militant Antis were to pull off a perfectly ochestrated attack on the Church archives. They break in using force and steal every document kept there without causing bodily harm to anyone. Within a few weeks, they break in again, and return every document along with a stack of money to cover any physical repairs to the facility needed. Slowly but surely, they begin distributing copies of these documents on the internet. How many of you would read/publish commentary on the documents? How many of you would be happy for this to happen?
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I can't say I'd pick any of the choices. I'd have to think that anything that was stolen from the archives and published would be suspect - there's no verification of authenticity, and many motives to alter the documents. Even potentially damaging documents would not be able to be taken at face value.
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Mercury wrote:Gazelam wrote:What is it exactly that you think is being hidden?
Journals Gaz, if they aren't already burned.
Have you heard something that your looking for clarification on?
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