>I'm trying to be patient and engaged here, I really am, but at this
>point it's fairly plain that my first instinct was right and I should
>just have stayed the hell away from this discussion. There are
>assumptions at work on your end that are so ludicrous as to be sort of
>tacitly insulting, and besides, the whole problem is that
>looking-for-meat-in-the-produce-aisle thing again. UF isn't some kind
>of exercise in metaphor-based social justice advocacy, it's fucking
>sci-fi-fantasy crossover fanfiction.

It's "Death of the Author" in play, Gryph. The only person who's not allowed a say in what you meant with your work is you. Your opinion is invalid and irrelevant to the discussion -- only outsiders are allowed true insight into your purpose.

Bleagh.

-- Bob
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My race is pacifist and does not believe in war. We kill only out of personal spite.