In a message dated 12/6/2002 8:49:11 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >Moderates? > > > >Moderates don't exist. > > > >Any race that shows the signs of being proto moderate has their > >wallets "uplifted" by a Synthian trader selling them the Galactic > >equivalence of the Brooklyn Bridge. > > I dunno. The Kanten/Linten clan hasn't bought any bridges yet. And I > suppose the Tymbrimi could be considered moderate, if for no other reason > than they don't have a desire to kill and/or subjugate every other race in > the Galaxies. :-) And who's going to trick them into anything? > > Jim You're right. But it was a joke spoiler. I was using the Rush Limbaugh definition of moderate. [Too stupid to have an opinion.] Uplift Universe moderate can be defined as being intelligent and passionate but cautious. Try using agent orange on an entire planet and see if a Kanten response would be "moderate". Now as to the Tymbrimi, it'll probably be the Tytlal that trick them into something. But not in a bad way. I like the idea of the races being rational and irrational rather than being passionate or moderate. Remember the late 1960s quote: Extremism in the pursuit of comedy is no vice. William Taylor _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
