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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Boris: [QB] A few days ago I read an essay by Joseph Stalin where he defines nationalism (in class). We read parts of Mein Kampf in high school and university, a book forbidden in Germany. Although some were worried that we were reading Nabokov's Lolita at the age of 17 (talking about a 40-year old having a relationship with a 13-year old), it was a good novel and we discussed it for what it is. Jerry Lee Lewis has had a weird life even for a rock star, yet I can play his music even though I don't drink a lot, wouldn't marry my thirteen-year-old cousin or accidentally shoot my drummer (he was wounded). Does Stalin's history mean that some of his thoughts about nationalism aren't valid? What if he was the only person looking at nationalism in a certain way? If I accept some of his arguments, does that mean I'm defending Stalin as a whole? I would not be acting in the interest of Stalin, I'm acting in the interest of a particular argument. You seem to be suggesting that Saxton's method of analysis + Star Trek = Mike Wong. I'm not even suggesting Mike Wong is remotely comparable to Stalin, because he's an ok guy creating an often humorous website about a fictional Evil Galactic Empire. Being not as liberal, I've become extremely uncomfortable with some of the contents, though, and once sent him an angry e-mail about it. But he happens to be the only person trying to use real science to explain what we see onscreen, which is why I find some of his conclusions unique and valid. If there were other sites using the same particular method on Star Trek, one which I find interesting because it reveals just about every writing flaw and demands a higher standard on the part of the writers, I would be mentioning those sites and not using Curtis' site which looks at Star Wars. Boris [/QB][/QUOTE]
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