This is the house of voodoo. Bat lungs and eel bladders and all.
I'm not insane. Who said I'm insane? Did I say was insane? I'll show you insane!
Madness string 278
They don't understand it. By the Arthur C. Clarke rule, it's equivalent to magic. When you challenge the powerful, you are guilty purely because you did something the average unsophisticated user isn't capable of.