Hello everybody!
Unfortunately I am unable to have access to the Internet everyday, so
those of you who wonder "where the hell is he?", I am sorry.
There has been some discussion on Star Trek; first of all, if I have
offended some people with the expression "imbecile Trekkies", I apologize.
I agree with those of you who find Star Trek militarist, and remember:
There may be worlds in the Star Trek universe which are not militarist,
but all TV series of Star Trek (The Old and New Generations, Voyager, and
Deep Space Nine) are structured around a crew of military personnel. There
are ranks and the word of the captain is unquestionable (just remember Dr
Crusher in _First Contact_, she saying that if captain says we stay, we
all have to). The Federation is still playing that beautiful British game:
Parliamentary Democracy. And finally, although Picard claims that 24th
century humans are not motivated by money (in again _First Contact_),
however, with what, for god's sake, is Paramount Pictures motivated by?
David Christenson, I think in Aug 28, corrected the Sturgeon's Law,
sorry for mis-citing it.
Thanks to everybody for suggesting books, I will immediately try to find
them, though here in Turkey, because people do not like SF much, it is
very hard to find new SF (and other) books.
I thank to Lisa Garforth for her most valuable comments on Aug 30
about my first discussion, I shall answer her in another message.
Peaceful days to you all,
Emrah Goker
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