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From: chrisk@gomez.stortek.com (Chris Kostanick)
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Aaron Boyden <6500adb@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu> writes:

>Angels are supposed to fly in the heavens.  As Kant correctly noted, the 
>total absence of the opposition of air (as in space) does not give a flyer 
>greater freedom of movement, it makes movement impossible.  Thus, 
>clipping the wings of angels ultimately makes no difference, as they were 
>useless to begin with.

Kant was wrong on this. The angel's wings are really superconducting
magnets that are used to steer against the solar magnetic field.
Between that and the light pressure against them (they are white
for maximum reflectance) they can get anywhere they want, albeit
slowly. Clipping angel's wings, feh! Is this Kant guy some kind
of sadist?

Chris Kostanick
