In Reply to: Up, up and away! posted by Audiophilander on November 30, 2001 at 06:58:32:
"It might surprise you to learn that many do."It would astound me. I could just take your word for it, but that really would be science fiction.
"And what crystal ball informed you that they don't?"
The same one that you use, except yours is rose- colored.
"Literary stereotyping is just another form of racial profiling (i.e., determining class from preconceived notions about behavior)".
No it isn't. Unable to even defend one silly TV show, you first resort to personal insults, and now you try and establish that critics of SF are morally equivalent to racists.
Pathetic, just plain low and puerile. ( OH, wait a minute, this is a discussion about an SF TV show after all)
"but at least it strives to inspire and nourish the dreamer."
Star Trek nourishes what ? There is evidence of this "nourishment where exactly ? It strives to inspire the dull, dim- witted audience to keep their sets tuned to a particular station, the evidence of which is used in surveys to determine revenue potential and ultimately "nourish" TV executive salaries.
"Science fiction, taken as a whole, is just as sophisticated as much of what passes for mainstream literature."That's what I said.
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Follow Ups
- Defying logic is not a super power, Super Auph. - john dem 11:24:18 11/30/01 (12)
- The poster's logic lacks Vulcanization! ;^) - Audiophilander 01:31:05 12/01/01 (11)
- You're the one burning rubber to get away from your absurd assertions. - john dem 13:56:17 12/01/01 (10)
- To the contrary, my prophylactic response is quite logical: - Audiophilander 15:07:22 12/03/01 (0)
- the remains of the day - late 18:49:17 12/01/01 (8)
- Re: the remains of the day - Bruce from DC 06:40:19 12/03/01 (1)
- good post, minor quibble(s) - late 07:27:57 12/07/01 (0)
- Enter late, defender of the punyverse. - john dem 19:42:47 12/01/01 (5)
- intuitively obvious to the casual observer - late 21:51:33 12/01/01 (4)
- Yes, it is obvious. - john dem 23:09:50 12/01/01 (3)
- naught, plus naught, equals... - late 07:35:17 12/02/01 (2)
- Yawn...it must be late. - john dem 13:58:05 12/02/01 (1)
- Don't like losing, do you? --nt-- - late 16:16:35 12/02/01 (0)