On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Brown, Clifford MVN wrote:
> Dear Co-listeros:
> ...snippetage...
> These television shows and movies are enormously influential in the popular
> culture of the U.S. You can see one of the spin-offs or re-runs at almost
> any time of day or night on cable. Children and teenagers are particularly
> influenced by these shows. There are adolescents who live and breathe the
> stuff.
Jeez, I'm 53, and I know I have seen all the original Star Treks, all the
New Generations, all the movies, and a fair number of Voyagers and DS9s.
> I dare say that a Star Trek episode or movie has vastly more influence on
> American public opinion than all the radical archaeologists in the world put
> together, whose ideas have little effect even on most American
> archaeologists. Make no mistake: if American public opinion were any more
> wrong-headed or apathetic, there would be no NATO action.
>
Right on, Clifford!
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