[WikiEN-l] A modest proposal - a recap of resolution-l

[Charles Matthews]

stevertigo wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:06 PM, stevertigo<stvrtg at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 8:18 AM, Charles Matthews<charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com> wrote:
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>>> Given your announced intentions for it, I think it is reasonable to
>>> assume that it is ground of your own choosing for a battle with the Sith
>>> Lords of Arbitration.
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>> Ha. If those "Sith lords" did things more openly, they would be the
>> beings of light and wisdom people thought they were when we voted for
>> them.
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> PS: Let's agree to refrain from even using Star Wars analogies again -
> its hard to find a more scientifically or morally useless paradigm.
> Not to mention it makes already dorkish people feel like they're
> twenty-five again.
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Right, strictly Doris Lessing, C.J. Cherryh and the less pulpy parts of 
Jack Vance in future. People will generally not know what we're talking 
about, but the high ground will be ours.

Charles