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   "RT"  wrote in message   
   news:4BB794A1.432EAD1C@hotmMOVEail.com...   
   > Obveeus wrote:   
   >>   
   >> "RT"  wrote in message   
   >> news:4BB78FE3.4CD6470B@hotmMOVEail.com...   
   >> > Obveeus wrote:   
   >> >> "clouddreamer"  wrote in message   
   >> >> > pbowles@aol.com wrote:   
   >> >> >> On 26 Mar, 17:31, trag  wrote:   
   >> >> >>> On Mar 26, 8:19 am, "Dano"  wrote:   
   >> >> >>>   
   >> >> >>>> It may be irritating to you.  But it IS a central theme of the   
   >> >> >>>> entire   
   >> >> >>>> story.   
   >> >> >>>> Therefore, this might not be a show for you.  Not criticizing you   
   >> >> >>>> or   
   >> >> >>>> anything.  But it is what it is.  It's pretty fracking clear they   
   >> >> >>>> aren't   
   >> >> >>>> about to abandon the religious elements.   
   >> >> >>> They can have all the religious bits they want.  However, if the   
   >> >> >>> show   
   >> >> >>> indicates that I'm supposed to sympathize with and root for a   
   >> >> >>> religious nut case, then it's not the show for me.   It's not   
   >> >> >>> clear   
   >> >> >>> yet.  It's becoming fairly clear that Zoe is a religious   
   >> >> >>> bigot/prude/   
   >> >> >>> nutter.  It's not yet certain in my mind that the audience is   
   >> >> >>> expected   
   >> >> >>> to like her, although it certainly seems that way so far.   
   >> >> >>   
   >> >> >> Has robot-Zoe expressed any particular religious leanings yet?   
   >> >> >   
   >> >> > She believes in the one true guy in the sky.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> Have we seen any evidence of that?  I don't call wearing the infinity   
   >> >> symbol   
   >> >> as proof of her actual beliefs.   
   >> >   
   >> > Hasn't she been hanging out with other monos? A banned cult?   
   >>   
   >> No.  Robot Zoe hasn't been hanging out with anyone other than Lacy...and   
   >> that seems completely the result of Lacy being the only one that knew   
   >> about   
   >> her still being alive.   
   >   
   > Trying to remember who she's interacted with in v world...   
   >   
   >> Side note #1:  I wouldn't even call lacy a mono as she seems   
   >> undecided/confused at best...the exact kind of girl who's religious   
   >> beliefs   
   >> are actually the result of what boy she finds cute or what parent she is   
   >> acting out against.   
   >>   
   >> Side note #2:  for as 'crazy' as the monos are portrayed, the polys don't   
   >> seem any more well grounded in their religious beliefs or actions.   
      
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