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   From: thetruemelissa@gmail.com   
      
   Verily, in article <1077p68$1t3f$2@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did   
   doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:   
      
   > A Masterful Character Study: The episode provides a deeply moving look   
   > into the twilight years of a legendary character. The contrast between   
   > the rigid, stoic Sarek we've known and the vulnerable, emotionally   
   > compromised man he has become is both tragic and profoundly   
   > humanizing. It raises complex questions about dignity, aging, and   
   > legacy.   
      
   You know, it does that, but it also raises questions about our own   
   society's insistence that emotions are extremely important and it'll   
   harm us to ignore them. Previous generations did not believe that, and   
   most of them were a lot more together than today's hot messes.   
      
   The Star Trek writers seem to believe, collectively, that the Vulcans   
   are wrong. Spock's imperfect emotional control was seem as making more   
   human, and it was implied that this was better somehow... so humans are   
   better than Vulcans?   
      
   Then, his brother tried to start a whole religion based around emotions.   
   Whee!   
      
   In this one, Sarek is suffering from end-of-life emotional incontinence.   
   Apparently this is a brand-new condition, since the Vulcans appear to   
   have absolutely zero methods for handling such a person. Instead,   
   everyone just humors him... which doesn't strike me as very Vulcan.   
      
   I guess the idea is that he suppressed so much of his vital, important   
   emotions that it eventually melted his brain. I suspect such a person   
   would be much *calmer* in real life, since he never fed the emotional   
   wolf.   
      
   You know what I'd really like to see? A Vulcan ship's counselor. Not a   
   name-only Vulcan with lots of emotions, but a normal Vulcan who actually   
   gives Vulcan advice. "It is not logical to concern yourself with that.   
   You should ignore it and focus on your work."   
      
      
      
   --   
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   This week: "The Ambassadors of Death"   [Third Doctor]   
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