Post-MarsCON Rant

I had one of those panels at MarsCON where, afterwards, I found myself still arguing. Strangely it was the most "fannish" of my panels, being about "The Day Star Wars Died for Me," but I ended up with probably the most literary thoughts left stuck in my head as any of the more writerly panels. What happened, in a nutshell, was this. There was a guy who was playing devil's advocate and acting as a George Lucas apologist, and he trotted out one of those tired old arguments I absolutely hate, ie, "