His Divine Shadow (cont)

Aleck-“Dialektik” is a word the Greek philosophers used to describe scholarly discussion. It’s a pun. The Latinized alternate spelling is “dialectic” (it’s sort of like disk/disc, mollusk/mollusc, and ikon/icon).

I don’t generally respond to your personal attacks because I consider this a dialektik and thus the [b]person[/b] is irrelevant, it’s the [b]idea[/b] that needs to be addressed. My method is to point out the logical flaws in the argument of someone who counters me and to add new facts and observations to strengthen my case. I never restate a point unless it is evident that people skipped over or forgot my original posting of it. To make my standing perfectly clear:

[b]Contention 1:[/b] His Divine Shadow is the greatest villain to appear in the [i]Lexx[/i] movies and television series.
-Subpoint A: He is very powerful and organized.
-Subpoint B: He considers his actions to be just.
-Subpoint C: He exists as a “catalyst,” magnifying and accelerating humanity’s self-destructive tendancies.
-Subpoint D: It is easy to sympathize with him on certain levels.
-Subpoint E: He has many human attributes.
[b]Contention 2:[/b] His Divine Shadow is still alive.
-Subpoint A: His essence still exists somewhere in the Dark Zone.
-Subpoint B: There will be another Insect War.
-Subpoint C: The Prophecy has yet to be fulfilled in its entirety.
[b]Contention 3:[/b] His Divine Shadow is an allegory for terrestrial religious leadership.
-Subpoint A: He works by exploiting human ignorance.
-Subpoint B: He established a dogma that was destructive to the humans within and without the Divine Order.
-Subpoint C: He persuades his followers to destroy those who resist his teachings.

In Lincoln-Douglas-style debate a contention is a statement of belief that characterizes an individual speaker. A contention is by definition something objective and open for debate (opinions or theories that cannot be confirmed or denied).

Templar-Thanks for agreeing with me. At least someone here has some insight. [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

BlackCloud-I never brag. The final point of my first post on this (continued) thread is there because a number of people clearly didn’t comprehend what I was talking about. I am a very modest person.

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Lee P. Sherman, code name DalekTek790
Whovian, Froudian, Lexxian, etc.

[This message has been edited by DalekTek790 (edited May 10, 2001).]