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Further Response to Walter Blaney’s “Open Letter”

The Big Time

In response to Peter Marucci’s reply to Walter Blaney’s “open letter”, I would have to say this.


First, I see nowhere in the letter, where it is implicated that all signatory’s state that they have intimate knowledge of every illusion listed in the letter. It is absolutely immaterial that they need to have intimate knowledge of every illusion. Their signatures simply
imply that they are in agreement with those creators, who are quite knowledgeable of their individual creations, that are being ripped off by a “thief”, and that it is time something be done to halt this despicable “trade”.

I quote from Mr. Blaney’s letter:
“We believe it is in the best interest of all fair and honest magicians to join us in standing up for the rights of the magic inventors in order to protect and preserve the incentive so necessary for them to continue producing the newest creations we all need and want.”

To say that Mr. Blaney’s letter is a meaningless “sham”, simply because it doesn’t fit Mr. Marucci’s “way of thinking”, borders on being ludicrous. Thank God Mr.Marucci wasn’t around when our forefathers signed the Declaration of Independence, and the majority of the nation agreed with them, although I am quite sure most didn’t truly understand everything they were agreeing with, as many could not even read or write. Would Mr. Marucci say that the Declaration of Independence was a meaningless sham also?

Write To Us With Your Thoughts!

To take this just a step farther, I am quite certain, that if someone published the many routines, and modus operandi, which he openly exposes on his web sites, and sold them as “their own”, or took his lecture notes, and again put “their name” on them and
sold them as “their own”, I am quite sure Mr.Marucci would be quite upset, and I am sure, that with his mastery of the english language,which he displays, he would certainly have something to say about it. I am sure that too Mr.Marucci that that would be a
different set of circumstances however.

Now to quote Mr. Marucci’s second response to Mr.Blaney’s reply:
“I have no trouble accepting that fact that (a) your list of originators is accurate; and (b) the offending company did, indeed, rip off the illusions”.

Now, even though he agrees that “the offending company did, indeed, rip off the illusions”, he still does not take a stand against the “offending company”. And, come on…”rip off” is a polite way of saying “thief”. A thief is a thief, and there is no honor amongst thieves. So I say to Mr. Marucci, where do you stand? Are you for or against the “thieves”, and if so, why don’t you say so, instead of being a grammatical “nit picker”.

Magically,
Barry M. Gibbs
Past President Florida State Magicians Association
Past…

The Big Time

In response to Peter Marucci’s reply to Walter Blaney’s “open letter”, I would have to say this.


First, I see nowhere in the letter, where it is implicated that all signatory’s state that they have intimate knowledge of every illusion listed in the letter. It is absolutely immaterial that they need to have intimate knowledge of every illusion. Their signatures simply
imply that they are in agreement with those creators, who are quite knowledgeable of their individual creations, that are being ripped off by a “thief”, and that it is time something be done to halt this despicable “trade”.

I quote from Mr. Blaney’s letter:
“We believe it is in the best interest of all fair and honest magicians to join us in standing up for the rights of the magic inventors in order to protect and preserve the incentive so necessary for them to continue producing the newest creations we all need and want.”

To say that Mr. Blaney’s letter is a meaningless “sham”, simply because it doesn’t fit Mr. Marucci’s “way of thinking”, borders on being ludicrous. Thank God Mr.Marucci wasn’t around when our forefathers signed the Declaration of Independence, and the majority of the nation agreed with them, although I am quite sure most didn’t truly understand everything they were agreeing with, as many could not even read or write. Would Mr. Marucci say that the Declaration of Independence was a meaningless sham also?

Write To Us With Your Thoughts!

To take this just a step farther, I am quite certain, that if someone published the many routines, and modus operandi, which he openly exposes on his web sites, and sold them as “their own”, or took his lecture notes, and again put “their name” on them and
sold them as “their own”, I am quite sure Mr.Marucci would be quite upset, and I am sure, that with his mastery of the english language,which he displays, he would certainly have something to say about it. I am sure that too Mr.Marucci that that would be a
different set of circumstances however.

Now to quote Mr. Marucci’s second response to Mr.Blaney’s reply:
“I have no trouble accepting that fact that (a) your list of originators is accurate; and (b) the offending company did, indeed, rip off the illusions”.

Now, even though he agrees that “the offending company did, indeed, rip off the illusions”, he still does not take a stand against the “offending company”. And, come on…”rip off” is a polite way of saying “thief”. A thief is a thief, and there is no honor amongst thieves. So I say to Mr. Marucci, where do you stand? Are you for or against the “thieves”, and if so, why don’t you say so, instead of being a grammatical “nit picker”.

Magically,
Barry M. Gibbs
Past President Florida State Magicians Association
Past President IMB Ring #117
Past Territorial Representative IBM, State of Florida

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