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   From: paul@harper.net   
      
   On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:21:49 -0400, David McMillan   
    wrote:   
      
   >William December Starr wrote:   
   >> In article <12d1e724nvkq89f@news.supernews.com>,   
   >> pv+usenet@pobox.com (PV) said:   
   >>   
   >>> Which is weird, because that's exactly what happened.  Fixating on   
   >>> the lame ending line, without paying attention to the buildup that   
   >>> preceeded it, is a waste of everybody's time.   
   >>>   
   >>> Watch the show again, from Za'ha'dum onwards at least.  You missed   
   >>> something important.  *   
   >>   
   >> But: to some of us the ending line was _so_ lame that it completely   
   >> deflated the entire long sequence.   
   >>   
   >> (In my opinion: a quiet firm "It's time for you to leave" could have   
   >> worked.  By Boxleitner braying "Get the *hell* out of our galaxy!"   
   >> like that?  Ouch ouch ouch.)   
   >	   
   >	But that was kind of the *point*, at least IMHO: the *line* was totally   
   >irrelevant -- what mattered was that the "kids" had grown up enough to   
   >stand up to their abusive "parents" and tell them to *butt out* of the   
   >kids' lives.  Permanently.  Sinclair would probably have said it more   
   >quietly, and firmly, but "Get out!" was much more in character for   
   >Sheridan.   
      
   ... and displaying a worrying lack of maturity at the same time.   
      
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