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   From: liam@valentijn.nu   
      
   Op 24-6-2017 om 18:21 schreef Doc O'Leary:   
   > For your reference, records indicate that   
   > Wouter Valentijn  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Op 22-6-2017 om 20:47 schreef anim8rfsk:   
   >>>   
   >>> I hate that they're getting well established Trek history wrong - again.   
   >>> Is that racist?   
   >>   
   >> They did not refer to criticism concerning the timeline.   
   >   
   > Maybe, but maybe not.  You can’t add new diversity to an established   
   > franchise like Star Trek, especially via retcon, without addressing the   
   > depictions of diversity in the existing story lines.  Or without   
   > representing *actual* population distributions in a society.  Trek   
   > *used* to smartly address current social issues via allegory.  Everything   
   > I read about this new show seems to indicate no such subtlety will exist.   
   > It’s hard to have high expectations for *any* show that is pushing an   
   > agenda that has nothing to do with telling a great story.   
   >   
      
   So, what's exactly new to a diversity that has established the concept   
   of 'INFINITE Diversity in Infinite Combinations'? I'd say that already   
   covers at least ALL Diversity already. :-)   
      
   And how would it not represent actual population distributions? Is that   
   only a matter of percentages or a representation of (all) possibilities?   
      
      
   This discussion reminds me of a speech made by Joss Whedon in 2006,   
   which was about (strong) women (characters) specifically, but might   
   apply here as well.   
      
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYaczoJMRhs   
      
      
   It will cease being an issue the moment the questions on the 'why' cease.   
      
      
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   Wouter Valentijn www.j3v.net   
      
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