On (12 Sep 97) Michael Marek wrote to Robert McKay...
 RM> No one said they do.  But it is highly discourteous, at the very least,
 RM> to know that there is a whole fandom out there with certain
 RM> long-established ideas, and *every* time some aspect of that is
 RM> addressed in canon Trek, to go entirely contrary to that
 RM> long-established view.
 MM> Like Kirk's middle name?
 MM> The "Slap in the face of fandom" crowd conveniently forgets the times
 MM> Paramount went along with the flow.  :-)
   On the contrary, certain elements of the "spitting in the faces of
the fans" sect use the few fan-created elements which have appeared in
"canon" Trek as justification for their vehement demands that P'Mount/
TPTB recognize, utilize and never, ever, EVER contradict anything
written by "fandom," regardless of how internally or externally
contradictory any of that fandom material might be.  Oh well...
... If you can read this, my cloaking device is on the fritz.
--- PPoint 1.96
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