Iain M. Banks Quote
You mean, if you lose a game… you have… these things done to you? Exactly. One might bet, say, the loss of a finger against aggravated male-to-apex rectal rape. Gurgeh looked levelly at the machine for a few seconds, then said slowly, nodding, Well… that is barbaric. Actually it’s a later development in the game, and seen as a rather liberal concession by the ruling class, as in theory it allows a poor person to keep up in the bidding with a rich person. Before the introduction of the physical license option, the latter could always outbid the former.
Iain M. Banks
You mean, if you lose a game… you have… these things done to you? Exactly. One might bet, say, the loss of a finger against aggravated male-to-apex rectal rape. Gurgeh looked levelly at the machine for a few seconds, then said slowly, nodding, Well… that is barbaric. Actually it’s a later development in the game, and seen as a rather liberal concession by the ruling class, as in theory it allows a poor person to keep up in the bidding with a rich person. Before the introduction of the physical license option, the latter could always outbid the former.
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