Matthew Parris hits the spot.<\/a><\/p>\n Martin Woollacott is perhaps a bit too optimistic.<\/a><\/p>\n The Dalai Lama states his hopes plainly.<\/a><\/p>\n Robert Fisk puts the arguments forcefully.<\/a><\/p>\n (I’m going to try and mirror copies of these articles to Sunpig, because I don’t want to lose them when the newspapers in question reorganise their sites.)<\/p>\n BBC2 hosted an evening of Star Trek yesterday, in honour of the series’ 35th anniversary. I found it curiously uplifting. At least in one corner of the popular media lives a TV show which at its heart, presents a positive vision for humanity.<\/p>\n They showed Trek IV at the end of the evening. Abi pointed out the similarity between Kirk & Spock in Trek IV<\/a> and Jay and Silent Bob in Kevin Smith’s films (Chasing Amy<\/a>, Dogma<\/a>, et al.)<\/p>\n \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Commentary from other people: Matthew Parris hits the spot. Martin Woollacott is perhaps a bit too optimistic. The Dalai Lama states his hopes plainly. Robert Fisk puts the arguments forcefully. (I’m going to try and mirror copies of these articles to Sunpig, because I don’t want to lose them when the newspapers in question reorganise … <\/p>\n
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