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January 31, 2002
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Not Really a Star Trek War
Dale Amon (Belfast, Northern Ireland)  Science fiction

Like most of the Samizdatistas, I have my critiques of the Star Trek universe. I particularly like Lagwolf's comment about it containing a lot of the 1960's without the good bits, eg Sex, Drugs, Rock&Roll and Revolution for the Hell of It.

But all that aside - I suspect the lot of us watch and enjoy them. Critique is not a dismissal. And for myself, if faced upon a winter's night with the choice between BBC News and an old episode of Star Trek...

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