slogging through that was informative, to say the least. it or parts of it may be valid, but i couldn't quite get whether it was an attack on sf/f ...fundamentalists, let me say as one sraffie to another, or whether it was meant to apply to the specific genres mentioned as an anomaly, or whether it was a larger scheme in which there will always be some group that feels itself beseiged to the extent that they are more riled about their worries than one might be over a real issue. since you've titled your post as such i'm inclined to believe you understand me, and also that it was probably a mixture of things. it really is bizarre how people can care so much what others think, say, do or read when it hasn't a chance of affecting them in any serious way.