Posted to: /r/convention
Posted by: FnordFnordFnord
To be fair, this panel's the first public airing of a debate that's been going since, hell, at least since Miranda ran into the Squidleighs at Contact Point. There's still a few hardline purists out there, but they're mostly pundits, dipshits or redditors (but I repeat myself). The thorny questions show up when we talk about getting entangled beyond simple disaster management -- it's all well and good to move dinosaur-killers out of the path of the Iron Age empire, but should we "civilize" that empire because Princess Whatsername flashed her boobs at the captain? What kind of damage do we do to a people if we force 'em to be like us out of a sense of self-righteousness? Where does "only trying to help" end and "white man's burden" begin?
This is going to be a fun panel, no question.
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
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"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"
Posted by: FnordFnordFnord
To be fair, this panel's the first public airing of a debate that's been going since, hell, at least since Miranda ran into the Squidleighs at Contact Point. There's still a few hardline purists out there, but they're mostly pundits, dipshits or redditors (but I repeat myself). The thorny questions show up when we talk about getting entangled beyond simple disaster management -- it's all well and good to move dinosaur-killers out of the path of the Iron Age empire, but should we "civilize" that empire because Princess Whatsername flashed her boobs at the captain? What kind of damage do we do to a people if we force 'em to be like us out of a sense of self-righteousness? Where does "only trying to help" end and "white man's burden" begin?
This is going to be a fun panel, no question.
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"