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- Subject: Re: The Official Dorm-Rec Review of "A Fistful of Data's" (spoilers)
- Message-ID: <92321.125231JSP6@psuvm.psu.edu>
- From: Jeffrey S. Payne <JSP6@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 12:52:30 EST
- References: <BxqFuy.4zI@mentor.cc.purdue.edu><1992Nov15.212110.7849@mercury.cair.du.edu>
- <BxsCF9.LD5@mentor.cc.purdue.edu><1992Nov15.200936.344@rivers>
- Organization: Penn State University
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- In article <1992Nov15.200936.344@rivers>, ph9991_manfr@rivers.acc.uwrf.edu says:
-
- >>
- >> Hang on there, sweetheart, who'se reactionary now?
- >>
- >> Being annoyed with Troi saving Worf's ass has nothing to do with sexism
- >> and everything to do with Troi being spineless, jelly-fish, chocalate
- >eclair,
- >> post-industrial, last-modernist, introverted, pseudo-aware, psycho-babbling,
- >> obvious-fact-stating, retro-asserting, window-dressing, pain-in-the-ass of
- >> a charachter. She, as a character, has added nothing to the show but a
- >> very tempting target for abuse. We hate her, a lot.
- >>
- >>
- >> Absolutely, we were not kidding. The last thing we want to be accused of
- >> is harboring the very same attributes that caused us to criticize Troi in
- >> the first place.
- >>
- >>
- >> Listen, the ST writers started this by putting various women in sexist
- >roles.
- >> If they hadn't put Sirtis in a costume that invites it, we would be in no
- >> position to remark at the elephantive nature of her butt. In fact, the only
- >> women who they've given a reasonable strong character, Ro, is immediately
- >> cast in the role of the Ship Bitch, and we never see her anymore.
- >>
- >> It seems to me that your accusation of judging people on the basis of
- >their
- >> gender is completely unwarrented. Mainly because I consider myself to be
- >> superior to ALL other human beings, not just women. And my guess is so do
- >you.
- >>
- >> I fear bad scripts more than I fear women. And I never met a woman that
- >> was a match for me, in any area. Nope, no fear here. Thank you for
- >playing,
- >> please feel free to try again.
- >>
- >>
- >> ## / ## Progress Before Peace! ## / ##
- >> ## // ## Matt J. Martin, Technosociology and Space Politics ## // ##
- >> ## // ## Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN ## // ##
- >> ## / ## myempire@mentor.cc.purdue.edu ## / ##
-
- >Let's see now....
- >1) These guys are raving idiots
- >2) They believe themselves superior to all women
- >3)_ They believe themselves superior to everyone else
- >4) They can't spell
- >5) They seem to be affiliated with the space program
- >6) They watch TNG
- >7) They're from Indiana
-
- >I think they're related to Dan Quayle....
- >What do you lot think?
-
- Hmmm...let's ask dan...
- "Mars is essentially in the same orbit...Mars is somewhat the same distance
- from the sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are
- canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen.
- If oxygen, that means we can breathe"
- --Vice President Dan Quayle 8/11/89
- (reported in Esquire, 8/92)
- yup...to quote Georgie boy..."Ozone"
-
-
- Jeff
- Penn State Ogontz Campus |Bitnet: JSP6@PSUVM
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- "What else have you done? Telekinesis? Teleportation? Spontaneous
- combustion of someone you don't like? That sort of thing..."
- -Q to Amanda in "True Q", ST-TNG
-