In a message dated 3/26/01 6:40:09 AM Eastern Standard Time, kat@foobox.net writes:
<< I don't read it. But are you going to demand that I never participate in discussion, a discussion I was *asked* to participate in? Neil asked me a question. I answered it. Are you going to demand that Neil shut up too? >>
I never demanded that you (or Neil or anyone) "shut up." I simply pointed out that your comments were taken as an insult against my personal lifestyle choices. I believe several others agreed that it was an insult. I don't think you (or many other Christians on this list) would like it if I aired my personal views on Christianity and how adding any hint of it to B7 characters would be "twisting" them or committing "character assassination" against them. As someone else pointed out, the B7 universe was canonically non-Christian in nature (in fact, we don't know that they practiced any religion whatsoever). Trying to apply Christian morality to the show IS twisting it. Why don't you try putting the shoe on the other foot and think about how YOU might feel. If you can.
Annie
On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 08:31:54AM -0500, Ashton7@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 3/26/01 6:40:09 AM Eastern Standard Time, kat@foobox.net writes:
<< I don't read it. But are you going to demand that I never participate in discussion, a discussion I was *asked* to participate in? Neil asked me a question. I answered it. Are you going to demand that Neil shut up too? >>
I never demanded that you (or Neil or anyone) "shut up." I simply pointed out that your comments were taken as an insult against my personal lifestyle choices. I believe several others agreed that it was an insult. I don't think you (or many other Christians on this list) would like it if I aired my personal views on Christianity and how adding any hint of it to B7 characters would be "twisting" them or committing "character assassination" against them. As someone else pointed out, the B7 universe was canonically non-Christian in nature (in fact, we don't know that they practiced any religion whatsoever). Trying to apply Christian morality to the show IS twisting it. Why don't you try putting the shoe on the other foot and think about how YOU might feel. If you can.
But if someone asked you "Why is it, Annie, that you feel that to make any of the characters Christian would be distorting the vision of the show, out of character, character assasination?" and you answered it, then I wouldn't be offended, cuz that's just your opinion, in the context of the show. I happen to share that opinion, actually -- it would be completely out of character for any of them to be portrayed as Christians, even Gan, though he was the "nicest" one there, since Gan didn't even know what a church was, so he couldn't have been a Christian either.
Running around saying Christianity is sick is another matter completely.
Kathryn Andersen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "Ah well, even a genius can make mistakes. Look at it this way, Supreme Commander, you haven't lost anything. Whereas I, well, I've lost my career, my position, the respect of my peers. Come to think of it, I haven't lost much, either." -- Carnell, in message to Servalan (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3])
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