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So, brushing off the KLI as if they were an annoyance somehow standing in the way of progress of The Way Things Should Be is a little short-sighted.
I think you're misunderstanding what people are actually trying to say. No one is trying to diminish the importance of KLI, let alone describe it as a hindrance. On the contrary, I believe that everyone is aware of its' contribution to the language. But KLI has no right to act in the manner of "a bunch of KLI buddies get together, vote each other, and then present themselves as the new creators of canon, whose authority all should accept". If KLI acts this way when that day comes, it will be truly sad. The people studying klingon for years, aren't some kind of animals to be rounded up and handed over to whoever believes that he has the right to self-appoint himself as the next Okrand. Not even Okrand himself has the right to say "from now on x person will be the voice of matlh." What are we? Some kind of brainless lobotomized slaves, who will simply be herded to the "authority" of whoever thinks he can be the next Okrand? No, no, no. You don't get to do that. It's as ridiculous as demanding someone to accept to be operated on by a doctor he doesn't trust, just because that doctor was voted by his buddies to be the best. Adult people aren't cattle, whose ownership you can transfer to some next guy who happens to be your buddy, or by whatever criteria you see fit. Adult people have a mind and can decide for their own. This is Sparta, as Leonidas would say, and I'll be damned and burning in Hell, if I ever accept anyone's authority, other than the authority of Okrand. t Do'Ha' nuvpu' mu'mey DayajHa'law'. potlh kli, pagh bot, Hol num 'ej 'e' luSov Hoch. 'ach ghomchuqchugh 'op, wa' wIvchugh latlh, yej luchenmoHchugh, 'ej jatlhchugh < DaH tlhIngan Hol De' chu' wISeH maH'e' >, mujchu', 'ej nuvpu'vam SughmeH kli, nIDchugh, Qaghchu' kli. qaStaHvIS DISmey, tlhIngan Hol luHaD 'op, 'ej Ha'DIbaH lulIqlu'bogh 'ej luSeHlu'bogh rurbe'chu' 'opvam. 'oqranD mojlaH pagh, 'ej vabDot jalthlaHbe' 'oqranD < DaH x yIlobchoH >. nuq maH? pagh yab/yab QIHlu'pu'bogh toy'wI''a'pu' maH'a'? wIlIqlu''a', 'ej vay' teblaw'vaD wInoblu''a'? jaSHa' vanglaH pagh. DIbvam ghajbe'. vabDot HaqwI'vaD po'wI' luDamchugh, juppu'Daj, Qelvam voqbe'chugh SID, chay' SIDvamvaD Qelvam lajmoHlaH'a' vay'? nIm luchenmoHbogh Ha'DIbaH chaHbe' nuv nen'e', 'ej paghvaD nuvpu'vam noblaH vay'. QublaHbogh yab lughaj nenwI', 'ej nIteb wuqlaH. < naDev 'oHtaH sparta'e' > jatlhpu' leonidas voDleH, 'ej lughchu'. 'oqranD teblaw' neH vIlaj. -- Dana'an https://sacredtextsinklingon.wordpress.com/ Ζεὺς ἦν, Ζεὺς ἐστίν, Ζεὺς ἔσσεται· ὦ μεγάλε Ζεῦ