Questions for Stargate Atlantis fans

[schmevil]

Why does the Stargate program remain classified? Has this been satisfactorily explained in the show?

Don't the people of earth have a right to know about the alien invasions that seem to happen every week?

And what's with the replicators on earth thing? I mean seriously - why would you spend all that money to develop nano-soldiers when it's so much cheaper to hire some mercs? I don't get it! The writers could have come up with a much more plausible explanation for earth-based nano-experimentation. But T2 there didn't make a whole lot of practical sense.

And finally, how the hell is Ronan so damned pretty!?!

Comments

[minnow1212.livejournal.com]

Specifically, the term is one often used in white supremacist rhetoric. See for example this link, an excerpt from a book critiquing white supremacist rhetoric that contains a paragraph of a white supremacist publication:

http://books.google.com/books?id=KBdZsXhgAYsC&pg=PA111&lpg=PA111&dq=mongrel+white+supremacy&source=web&ots=lZ13-hQGRI&sig=FeLWmP2kNF9bh2gT76zx2_Y8t5g

[suaine.livejournal.com]

That looks like a very interesting book, thanks for linking to it.

[schmevil.livejournal.com]

I agree - that does look like an interesting book. I saw the Judith Butler quote and got all excited.

[suaine.livejournal.com]

I just ordered it on amazon, even though I don't really have the money XD It's really horrible how easy it is to order from that site - just one click! Soon we'll be able to spend money just by thinking about it! ;)

[schmevil.livejournal.com]

My bank balance is an argument for this already being the case. *g*

[minnow1212.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. Can't actually vouch for it, as it just turned up in that Google search--so I hope it works for you and Schmevil.

(Haven't thought of Judith Butler since grad school!)

[naked-birthday.livejournal.com]

Huh. That's an interesting link, thank you. I'm sorry to have offended, it wasn't intentional--myself and friends have used the term referring to ourselves (all of us being part Maori) and I didn't realise it was such a loaded term with that kind of history.

(Now that I think of it--in New Zealand, one of the largest gangs is actually named the Mongrel Mob, which may have had some impact on normalising the word for human usage, at least when we were in school.)

[minnow1212.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your response.