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p>FNC -- could you send Jed Babbin, Esq. to cover it ? Insh'allah. br> -- Paul Kotik br> Plantation, Florida /p> p> A CONSERVATIVE ENTERPRISE br> Re: Peter Suderman's Spaceships and Small Governments : /p>

At the risk of sounding like a sci-fi channel devotee (perish the thought), I echo Suderman's review of Serenity as libertarian totem. There's also a moderated conservative tinge to it as well, as many libertarians seem to think it's possible to exist without government whatsoever, and instead allow markets to completely determine things. Without any sort of governing authority, the Reavers behave as lawless cannibals who recognize no authority or boundaries -- similar to those libertarians who argue that there should be no lines of demarcation. Faith is placed in local governments, such as one occasion in the television show when the Serenity crew returns medicine to a local government who complains that the theft occurred under the noses of federal authorities who did nothing to help with their recovery.

p>But one minor quibble: Suderman dismisses the '60s Star Trek as an attempt to spread a multi-cultural nonsense. Jeff Racho at the

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