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"FishFood" <d...@home.com> wrote in message
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> This take on rational reads like magic, superstition, or religion.
> Rational, in that it extends out of the available knowledge. Truthful
> or deceptive, it follows the rules as we've now come to expect them.

The English legal system is deeply entwined with psychology, history, and
culture. I've written before that the problems with British economics can be
tracked back to Saxon times. Catching up with the media today I noticed
George Monbiot's essay on the toxic effects of empire on coloniser and the
colonised.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/08/empire-torture-kenya-catastrophe-europe

Looking through the comments: one person asks whether this is about an
apology or financial reparations. English law was originally a compensatory
law (and in theory still is). The Americans lifted this along with a lot of
other things at the time of separation.

If you really want to navel gaze look up "essentialism" as it relates to
feminism and race politics.

On the issue of Moffat's gender bending: The history of non-conformative
gender expression dates back a while and bears a strong similarity to early
Jewish integration. (I've consulted with a Jewish PhD and a feminist who has
just completed her MPhil in British Jewish history). Then there's the
British Empire's ruthless enforcement of the caste system and systemic
wiping out of the Hijra population. Moffat hasn't made the best job of
everything but his mainstreaming of these issues is cutting edge, uses
Doctor Who as a moral force, and may ultimately contribute to law and
practice aligning in better ways.

Sorry. Mind in a million different places all at the same time.

-- 
Charles E. Hardwidge