From: tsbrueni@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, October 8, 1995 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, S C Q Askew wrote:   
   > Timothy Bruening (tsbr...@wheel.ucdavis.edu) wrote:   
      
   > : Shortly before beaming over to the Tarellian ship, Wyatt visits Lwaxana   
   > : Troi (a telepath) and Deanna Troi (an empath). Since Lwaxana could read   
   > : Wyatt's thoughts easily, I would have expected Lwaxana to read Wyatt's   
   > : intention to transport to the Tarellian ship. I would also have expected   
   > : Deanna to sense Wyatt's intentions. Why didn't either one of them try to   
   > : stop Wyatt from transporting to the Tarellian ship? Wyatt injects a   
   > Betazoids no doubt had to make rules concerning relations with others in   
   > close quarters like starships (like the Deltans had to regarding their   
   > sexual attractiveness in ST:TMP). The main rule would no doubt state that   
   > they refrain from scanning the thoughts of others unless they were given   
   > permission or they were on a fact-finding mission (like in "The Drumhead").   
      
   I have seen Lwaxana comment on Picard's thoughts without Picard having given   
   her permission to read them!   
      
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