Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site rochester.UUCP
Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!rochester!ciaraldi
From: ciaraldi@rochester.UUCP (Mike Ciaraldi)
Newsgroups: net.comics
Subject: Who is Donna Troy, Anyway?
Message-ID: <4529@rochester.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 22-Jan-84 20:56:38 EST
Article-I.D.: rocheste.4529
Posted: Sun Jan 22 20:56:38 1984
Date-Received: Mon, 23-Jan-84 04:42:39 EST
Sender: ciaraldi@rocheste.UUCP
Organization: U. of Rochester, CS Dept.
Lines: 30

From: Mike Ciaraldi  <ciaraldi>
Severa; people mentioned that they thought the
"Who is Donna Troy ?" issue of NTT  was one of the best
srories of the year. I liked it too, but what bothered
me is that it didn't really  tell us who she is.

If I remember right,  they track down  her
ADOPTIVE parents, who are still alive, which is
all well and good.
But all they can find of her natural parents are their graves,
or something like that.
If you ask "who is somebody", it can mean many things--
what  their personality, profession, or beliefs are,
what their ethnic background, religion, or nationality is,
etc.  From the point of view of someone getting
married and planning to have children,  it may be very important
to know  their parents' medical histories, e.g. is there
history of labor complications, and blood types  so
you know whether to anticipate  immunization-system
problems, and so on.
Considering that Donna "lost" her parents at such an
early age (I mean the people who raised her),
it seems to me the "Who Is" question should really have
been in terms of her natural parents, and that is not
answered at all.

Still a good story, though......

Mike Ciaraldi
ciaraldi@rochester