Exercize of Vital Powers ( *Spoilers* )

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From: George Harrington <gharring at com1.med.usf.edu>
Date: 6 Jun 1997 11:07:38 -0400
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JMS

You are a very bad man. 

You set us up to cheer for Sheridan and Boo for Garibaldi then in one
episode you turn it all around. You give us the Edgars/Garibaldi side of
the argument which you make very reasonable and you seem to show how
hard and unyealding Sheridan has become (what I wouldnt have done to
been a fly on the wall for the conversation between Franklin and
Sheridan).

You have shown however, how complex situations like this are and how
depending on your POV one or the ohter side may be very reasonable. NO
black and white just shades of grey.

Keep up the good work.

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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 8 Jun 1997 01:51:03 -0400
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"You set us up to cheer for Sheridan and Boo for Garibaldi then in one
episode you turn it all around. You give us the Edgars/Garibaldi side of
the argument which you make very reasonable and you seem to show how hard
and unyealding Sheridan has become (what I wouldnt have done to been a fly
on the wall for the conversation between Franklin and Sheridan)."

That, for me, is really the point of the exercise...it's very easy to make
a straw man as your antagonist.  More interesting is to give the person
good reasons, or what he considers good reasons, for what he's doing.  To
present a reasonable case before the viewrs.  "Well, yeah, y'know, he has
a point."  Makes it far more interesting and realistic.  

It's all greys.


 jms





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