Re: A Modest Proposal for "An Inconvenient Truth"

Justin Fang wrote:
> In article
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> Will in New Haven  <bill.reich@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> I liked the fact that FA showed that any group, acting for any cause,
>> can become tyrants if they gain power. I think the original proposal
>> that started this thread, if it had been seriously made, would have
>> shown the authors of <Fallen Angels> to be prescient. People overdoing
>> things, stepping on other peoples rights, "in a good cause" are
>> legitimate subjects of satire and even ridicule.
> 
> Yet, for some reason, there isn't much SF where SF fans gain power and
> become tyrants, and that is presented as making them legitimate subjects
> of satire and even ridicule.

	The "Trek" episode of Futurama, where "Star Trek" became a religion, 
began to dominate the world, and ended in a global purge of Trekkies and 
all records Star Trek.
	But they left the actors' heads-in-jars alive.  And once Fry started 
trying to find "Star Trek" videos to rent....