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An interesting blog I came across ...
pwhodges:
These are pretty thoughtful and nicely observed blogs. However, they fall foul of the usual fault of not sufficiently realising that any model of the world (in this case the comic) is bound to be a deficient representation of it just because it is smaller. For instance, there must be hundreds of millions of disabled people in the world, so to complain that two are not sufficiently representative in some way (problems with love, in this case) is expecting a degree of accurate representation that is simply impossible with a small cast.
Because any model of the world is a simplification, there is a sense in which any agenda whatever can be used to over-analyse it and find fault. The difficulty is picking the line between bringing up what matters and losing a sense of proportion - and I think these blogs are better than many in that respect.
jwhouk:
There was that line Veronica had about "convincing drag queens" which might have raised her (his?) dander.
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: Penquin47 on 21 Jan 2011, 23:26 ---The links are there... the respectful one was Tai and Marten talking about how Tai used to pass for male but identifies as female, while the less respectful one was Dora commenting on Faye's descent into sluttery passing through straight men into transsexuals.
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I see - they weren't linked from the originally linked article (where the quote came from) , but rather were explained in the other two.
Also, we've been here before...
nockiemommy:
Many thanks! I'm shamed to admit I haven't poured over the dozens of pages of threads, but I'm glad to have brought the (final?) post of the QC-inspired-series to everyone's attention. I, myself, found portions of the posts interesting, and thought-provoking, and some irritating (hear! hear! to the aforeposted hatred of 'phobia' misuse) ... but still, an interesting read, overall. And thanks for the link to the previous thread, Carl-E!
Skewbrow:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 22 Jan 2011, 00:31 --- However, they fall foul of the usual fault of not sufficiently realising that any model of the world (in this case the comic) is bound to be a deficient representation of it just because it is smaller.
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Didn't all of psychohistory depend on the fact that Hari Seldon figured out that the Galactic Empire could be modelled with a much smaller piece of itself - Trantor? If all of psychohistory goes out of the window, then we're doomed to have a longish period of chaos, when the empire falls.
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