From: Al Billings (memoria@memoria.com)
Date: Fri Dec 01 2000 - 14:55:39 MST
Michael Lorrey wrote:
> Yes, anyone who has read either uplift trilogy will see how he blithely
> accepts ideas of government enforced eugenics programs applied to all
> members of a species, should see how he is no libertarian, although he
> did redeem a bit in the second trilogy (Brightness Reef, Infinity's
> Shore, Heaven's Reach) by depicting a society of 'sooners' of several
> species illegally colonizing a fallow world, and sympathized with the
> view of a more anarchical society and against dogma, fascism, and force.
> He is smarmily two faced about things, and is right to understand that
> 'wishywashy' individuals like himself are no good.
What a bunch of crap. Can people here quit slapping each other on the back
and congratulating each other on how cool and right they are for five
minutes? This whole thread sounds horribly arrogant.
You are judging that David Brin is no good but obviously you know the
correct truths, right?
Al
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