I agree with everyone who has claimed that GDW oversimplified the naval picture in Twilight: 2000. It's something we have to live with. Personally, I think attempts to flesh out the naval picture are commendable.
If you are a canon purist, that’s fine. Say so and let everyone else talk. Sit at the next table and listen, if you so choose. Constant reminders that you’re a canon purist serve no good purpose except to irritate the people trying to have a constructive conversation. Say it once and let it go.
As for folks looking to improve on the naval picture, be ready to have your rationale for a given aspect called into question. That’s what we do here. If your answer is “That’s how I like it”, that’s fine. But if you are going to give a rationale, be prepared to have it called into question. Be an adult about both the calling into question and having your rationale called into question, and we’ll all get along fine. Allow each other the occasional lapse, and we’ll all get along spectacularly.
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“We’re not innovating. We’re selectively imitating.” June Bernstein, Acting President of the University of Arizona in Tucson, November 15, 1998.
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