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Subject: dullo gun
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Date: Sun, 13-May-84 20:41:00 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 13 20:41:00 1984
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Nf-From: hp-dcde!jack    May 13 16:41:00 1984

I too, have my doubts about the "anti-power" gun. 
Perhaps it contains Gold Kryptonite!

It is based on the (dubious) assumption that powers are somehow "tacked on"
to a normal person, as opposed to being an integral part of the person. 
Agreed, perhaps you could drain the gamma radiation out of the Hulk and he
would become Bruce Banner.  His extranormal abilities are indeed "tacked on".
But what about Nightcrawler, as Moriarty said?  Or the Sub-Mariner?
His "powers" are perfectly normal to him, it just happens that he's one of
the few homo mermanus/sapiens around.  Presumably his abilities are typical
of his mixed genetic heritage.  And what would happen to Hawkeye? 
Would the Vision turn into a hardware store?

The point I'm trying to make is that there's no firm line between plain old
abilities (typing, say) and controlling the weather.  Just a matter of degree.


							-Jack Applin