Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Titus G Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Deep focus on Freemason forms found in Forbidden Planet Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 16:56:41 +1200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: <20240601a@crcomp.net> Reply-To: noone@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2024 06:56:45 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="624b9e7c37c811a97acb78308d1b63f9"; logging-data="324527"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18UjB+x/d2rzFF3XwnYKk7a" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.11.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:qSAXvMDqt/4cki9H+WnczeLxnQs= Content-Language: en-AU In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3192 On 4/06/24 09:18, Cryptoengineer wrote: > On 6/3/2024 1:07 AM, Titus G wrote: >> On 3/06/24 11:28, David Duffy wrote: >>> John Savard wrote: >>>> I didn't have to know anything about Freemasonry to suspect the >>>> original post was nonsense. >>>> However, what little I do know allowed me to spot the references to >>>> Freemasonry in Robert A. Heinlein's story "If This Goes On...". >>>> So Freemasonry has been referenced in SF. >>>> >>> I am suspicious that there might be references to Freemasonry in >>> Ada Palmer's _Terra Ignota_ series. >> >> I know little about Freemasonry but Terra Ignota did feature a secret >> society amongst the aristocracy that placed loyalty above principle. >> However women were rated more highly than kitchen appliances. >> And obedience wasn't enforced with ritual. > > Your first statemeny 'I know little about freemasonry' is correct, and > the rest the paragraph gives examples proving that. > Freemasonry has members from all classes - the dues are pretty low. Yes, > we have aristocrats. We also have truck drivers. > You have misunderstood. I will elaborate. There are overt references to Freemasonry in Terra Ignota though I assumed that the secret society aspect alluded to by David Duffy is referring specifically to the covert aristocratic group in Terra Ignota rather than aristocracy membership being a prerequisite applicable to Freemasonry membership in general. > Loyalty is encouraged, but not the extent doing wrong by non-members. The Freemason stereotype, (where there is smoke, there is fire), values loyalty above principle. The literary cliche is a Masonic judge excusing a Masonic accused but influence in commerce would be more prevalent. > Women are honored, they just can't join regular Masonry. Nor can other honoured household appliances :p