Fantastic job, but then I wouldn't have expected anything else from you! And I do love that title *grin*

Beautifully coherent, well-thought out essay, and an excellent point about Lwaxana, which is an angle I honestly hadn't considered. Thank you! Sorry about the links - the site moved in something of a hurry when my lovely friend who gives me webspace changed hosts - there was forwarding for quite a while *whimper*