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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/13/2019 5:23 AM, mayqel qunenoS
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I'm sorry for saying this, but this is unfair.
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<p>I agree. KLI membership hasn't really offered me much in the
past, and I've let my membership lapse more than once. And now
that I'm struggling to pay a mortgage, lost my car to an accident,
and have two young children, I can't afford to pay for access to
Marc Okrand.</p>
<p>But the KLI has always been in the business of parceling out
privilege to the lucky few. Usually it has been based on
accomplishment, and I've been on the receiving end of that in some
ways. There's still something unfair about being able to <i>become</i>
canon in an endeavor that focuses so much on analyzing the
canonical, but at least it was a reward for having done good.</p>
<p>Now it's purely about whether you spend money. If it's meant to
drive up KLI membership, what's the point? Okay, you paid for a
membership and now you can get your words, and that membership
gives you... well, about as much as it did before. Getting your
words isn't a perk of membership; it's the <i>point</i> of
membership. Which means it's still a pay-for-access scheme.</p>
<p>I've got other thoughts on this, but I'll leave them alone for
now.<br>
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