From: steve1.williams@sympatico.ca   
      
   Richard Fangnail wrote:   
   > I read an articles that suggested the federation started because of the   
   > Romulans.  Anybody know?   
      
   It's possible that the federation was formed to resist the Romulans, I   
   don't know.   
      
   > Didn't the Romulans change very little throughout the whole series?  Do   
   > they not see the illogic of waste, of avoiding contact with other   
   > races?   
   Romulans don't follow the same logical philosophy that Vulcans do.  And   
   they don't exactly avoid contact, they just seek to control as much as   
   possible, by whatever means necessary.   
      
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