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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bernd: [QB] I thought I follow Timo's suggestion and take the nasty subject here. I know that I am rather losing than making friends now, but this is an issue of utmost importance to me. My opinion on this issue may seem extreme as you read on, but I am sure that it's not me who has has a problem with my opinion here. I just feel the need to fight against manipulation and against ignorance. This is the thread in which Boris and I unwisely ended up discussing Mike Wong's website: http://flare.solareclipse.net/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=001934;p=2 For those who are not familiar with the site in question, please go here: http://www.stardestroyer.net (You *need* to read quite a bit to understand what is going on there) Now I would be really interested to know what merit people may still find in that site. I felt like vomiting right on my keyboard the first time I went there already three years ago. But it's even much worse than the first impression. Mike Wong, in a fascist manner (which refers not only to the style but even more so to the methods), is building an overall ideology "Star Wars rulez, Star Trek is weak, ST is also scientific crap, ST fans are morons, ST writers are communists". He stirs up real-world and fictional arguments at will. He always weighs the very same kind of evidence differently if it only helps his cause. He picks only the worst examples of Star Trek. He frequently misuses real science for his purposes where it just doesn't apply, just like Nazi scientists who strived to prove the superiority of the white race. He exposes his university degree and expects his critics to be scientifically qualified. He posts only the silly comments (and comments on them) on the issue, as if all ST fans were idiots (thereby acting against all silently accepted laws of internet privacy). At the same time, he vehemently supports the very same kind of dull people on the SW side with his "scientific" analysis and with a message board in which all resistance from the part of "trekkies" is immediately knocked down by his minions. This list could go on forever. Mike Wong violates about every rule of scientific analysis, of weighing arguments, of equal treatment, of internet netiquette, of decency and empathy and, last but not least, even every rule he allegedly imposes on himself for a serious scientific debate and that he proudly posts on his site (of course, claiming that "trekkies" fail to fulfill them). He claims to be a scientist. But he is a demagogue. The bad thing is that certain people follow him and certain other people find at least some merit in his analysis. I can prove every of my claims with plenty of evidence. I have absolutely no understanding for any attempt to defend this document of preconceptions and paranoia. Please tell me! How in the world can anyone who knows this abomination of a site and who is not out of his mind defend Mike Wong? Tell me! P.S. I am pretty sure that, in normal life, Mike Wong is a pleasant guy and I know from some e-mails I exchanged with him that it *is* possible to discuss with him, only that he would never publish that (because I am not a stupid "trekkie" stereotype who would fit with the site's goal). This is only meant as personal as Mike Wong exposes in the web what I need to understand as his very own opinion. I am in no way questiong his sanity or his ability to have a social life, although the website may create the impression that it's a problem to him. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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