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   From: pavsnerp@bellsouth.net   
      
   My theory is that the "normal" Trek universe (with the Federation) is the   
   fiction with the Mirror universe is more likely OURS.   
   "coryalbrecht@hotmail.com"  wrote in message   
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   > Russell Stewart wrote:   
   > > 3) When it started wih Zefram Cochrane, I was hoping we   
   > > would see the origin of the evil universe -- i.e., where it   
   >   
   > I was a little confused at first by the use of the ST:FC footage, but a   
   > soon as Zefram pulled that gun and shot the Vulcan I said "Yes! A   
   > mirror universe story!" :-)   
   >   
   > > diverged from the other one. But I guess that will still   
   > > be left to the imagination.   
   >   
   > As others have said, image if in the Mirror Universe (MU) the Borg did   
   > not go back in time to Earth's past and thus the Enterprise D did not   
   > go back, either, then it is not too much of a stretch to see Zefram   
   > doing what he did thanks to a combination of his greed and generic   
   > post-WW3 paranoia.   
   >   
   > I was in my early 20s when the Soviet Union finally crumbled so I know   
   > what it is like to grow up under the threat of a global war like that.   
   > It lasted 50 years for us after WW2 - given how atrocious WW3 was   
   > supposed to be I can easily see that kind of attitude lasting much   
   > longer. (I don't remember off hand how long after WW3 Zefram's era was.)   
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