At 04:38 PM 7/17/2002 -0500, Matthew Hunter wrote: >Steve, I'm curious how much you agree with Kelly vs Vlad in terms >of the "movement". Interesting question. In brief, I don't hate Kelly nearly as much as Vlad does, but I do not believe that one can transfer a political system from one economic structure to another as he is attempting to do. To the extent that a "Marxist" theory (to be more precise, a scientific approach to ending class conflict) could ever be valid on Dragaera, it has to occur organically, and it is Millennia away at best. Of course, I might be wrong. >(Plus, I'd like to share a chuckle at the exchange between >Noish-pa and Vlad: >"What is the word?" >"Friends? Compatriots?" >clearly a reference to "Comrades!") Thanks for catching that. :-) >(Hmm. I wonder, would it be abusing the authorial metaphor too >much if the list collectively came up with some interview >questions for Vlad the next time he's caught with a tape >recorder?) I'd enjoy that.