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From: higgins@fnald.fnal.gov (Bill Higgins)
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In article , gfarber@panix.com (Gary Farber)
writes:
> In rec.arts.sf.fandom Azathoth  wrote:
> [. . .]
> : An SF Fan I Thought I Was
> :   (ttto: Amazing Grace)
> The song is amusing, but it bespeaks a very weird and paranoid point of
> view.  Anyone who identifies as a fan is, for general purposes, a fan; 
> most certainly someone who goes to cons and engages in filking is a fan.

Distorting reality for humorous purposes is a common tactic in songwriting
(among other places).

Gary's concern reminds me that, when our poke-fun-at-L5ers filksong
"Home on Lagrange" was published in a paperback anthology, Jerry
Pournelle felt compelled to write an introduction explaining that the
microwave beams from solar power satellites would *not* cook people,
birds, and animals below them. 

The introduction is longer than the song itself.

(Also, for the record, I have no objection to French Vanilla flavoring
in coffee.  I just thought the song "Mister Coffee" would be funnier
if the singer said he did.)

 The media event of the decade has been *Babylon 5*,       / Bill Higgins
which sets an obesity record for word processor products, / Fermilab
   being a single story that runs for over 70 hours      / 
of viewing time.  It's been a revolutionary experience, / Internet: 
   and I'm sure by the time the imitators are done     / higgins@fnal.fnal.gov
       we are all going to be very, very sorry.       /
        --Larry Caldwell (larryc@teleport.com)       /

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