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From: ahk@chinet.com
Anim8rFSK wrote:
>weberm@polaris.net (Ubiquitous) wrote:
>>"Leonard Nimoy, the Jewish-American actor who starred as Mr Spock in
>>Star Trek, has become the latest celebrity to weigh into the debate
>>about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict," the BBC reports. This is not a
>>joke:
>> He makes reference to his experience on the fictional Starship
>> Enterprise to help express his views. . . .
>> To illustrate his assertions that "the time for recriminations
>> is over" and that "assigning blame over all priorities is
>> self-defeating", Mr Nimoy describes an early Star Trek episode
>> entitled, Let That Be Your Last Battlefield.
>> "Two men, half black, half white, are the last survivors of
>> their peoples who have been at war with each other for thousands
>> of years, yet the Enterprise crew could find no differences
>> separating these two raging men," he says. . . .
>> "But the antagonists were keenly aware of their differences--one
>> man was white on the right side, the other was black on the
>> right side. And they were prepared to battle to the death to
>> defend the memory of their people who died from the atrocities
>> committed by the other."
>> The actor goes on that he does not mean "to belittle the very
>> real issues that divide Israelis and Palestinians". However,
>> he says, the fictitious scenario shows that "myth can be a
>> snare".
>>But how do we know this was written by the real Spock and not the evil
>>bearded one?
>What is there in LTBYLB that says their hatred or accusations were a
>myth?
"Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"
Apparently, only the event that starts a war needs to be addressed.
Attrocities that occur during war are to be swept under the rug.
Nothing is complicated in Star Trek, nor in Ubi's mind.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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