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   Hmmm.. I think once comtamination occurs it's perfectly OK to try to correct   
   things and push the Prime Directive. The Klingons had already messed things   
   up. This interpretation of the Prime Directive was expounded upon in the   
   novel "Prime Directive".... though I know it's not "canon."   
      
   "ToolPackinMama"  wrote in message   
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   > Lucas Bachmann wrote:   
   > >   
   > > ToolPackinMama wrote:   
   > > > Lucas Bachmann wrote:   
   > >   
   > > >>The Prime Directive doesn't apply since the klingons destroyed any   
   > > >>natural course of history the planet may have taken.  If anything   
   > > >>the planet was damned to participate in a proxy war between   
   > > >>the two powers, as Kirk explicitly stated with the vietnam reference.   
   > > >   
   > > >   
   > > > Thank you, but I believe you are mistaken.  The PD is in effect   
   through   
   > > > the whole thing, as we are several times reminded in the ep.   
   > >   
   > > I think there is a subtle difference.  The prime directive would   
   > > still forbid further damage, like showing them transporters and phasors.   
   > > But as far as guns go - the damage has been done, there is nothing   
   > > natural to protect anymore.   
   >   
   > Remember too that the Klingons were bound by a treaty agreement, but NOT   
   > by the Prime Directive.  Just because they have fucked with that culture   
   > doesn't mean that it's now OK for Kirk to also do it.  Kirk is duty- and   
   > honor-bound to not do what the Klingons are doing.  Kirk is not supposed   
   > to look to the Klingons for leadership:  he takes his orders from   
   > Starfleet, and they get theirs from the UFP.   
      
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