On 4/18/11 09:09 , Gary Forbis wrote:
Because it is a work of fiction we cannot debate its
content.



Nonsense.

All allegory is fiction. And it's debated every day. 2001 was a
work of fiction and it was debated at the college level. 'the
prisoner' was a work of fiction, and in some schools, there have
been courses dedicated to it since 1968.

Brave New World was fiction. It was debated in every school I
attended.

The Republic was a work of fiction, and it may, in fact be the
most debated work in history, beyond The Bible.


An Inconvenient Truth was a work of fiction. And yet....well, Gore
won't debate that topic, will he....sorry, bad example.



That a work of fiction can't be debated on its content is utter
rubbish.