<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Scifi works as a film genre, but SF is more PC as Science Fantasy falls under the umbrella.</div><div><br></div><div>Or do I have it all bass ackwards?</div><div><br>...ryan</div><div><br>On Dec 15, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Matthew Weber <<a href="mailto:palaeologos@gmail.com">palaeologos@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>It's more how nobody who actually lives in San Francisco calls it "Frisco".<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Son of Witz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Sonofwitz@butcherbaker.org"><a href="mailto:Sonofwitz@butcherbaker.org">Sonofwitz@butcherbaker.org</a></a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Why is Sci-Fi offensive?<br>
Is this like, If you were Straight-Edge playing in a Melvins or Black Sabbath cover band and you insisted that your genre be referred to as "Doom-Metal" rather than "Stoner-Rock"?<br>
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On Dec 15, 2010, at 1:50 PM, "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" <<a href="mailto:danldo@gmail.com"><a href="mailto:danldo@gmail.com">danldo@gmail.com</a></a>> wrote:<br>
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> Also, please refrain (note that I am asking politely) from using the term "sci-fi." Some find it very offensive<br>
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