[OOC][PLOT] The Fourth Thread of Planning for Arc 1 - Arrivals

[robkelk]

The thing that's wrong is pretty easy to see: it's a bunch of white dudes trying to justify why it's okay for them to assemble a harem of younger women lol.  Your social more of monogamy is coming in conflict with the assertion that polygyny is a the more natural state, but don't really have the background to know why your value in this case is important.

... If it's that much of a problem, we can just go ahead and stop.  And by stop, I mean drop the project completely.

Seriously.

While I don't mind being criticized, it becomes an entirely different ball game where you start getting into territory where we can get tarred in a very bad way.  And I'm pretty sure that Rob would agree with me on this point.  If critique is to happen, let it happen with Death of the Author applied.  Otherwise, we will start saying things that cannot be taken back easily.

I noticed Labster's "lol" there, so I think it was a less-than-serious statement...

But, yeah, if this is going to be about the people instead of the stories (or the science - I did present a link to what I believe is a peer-reviewed journal), then best not to do it at all.