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   From: thetruemelissa@gmail.com   
      
   Verily, in article <932307215.779031248.136346.anim8rfsk-   
   cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this   
   message:   
   > Unwatchable garbage. Offensively bad. The worst episode not helmed by or   
   > featuring Gates McMuffin except for maybe the one with the space Mayans.   
      
      
   I don't agree. The premise could have used more exploration, but it was   
   nice to see some aliens who were actually *different,* for a bit of   
   actual SF in the SF show.   
      
   What they should have done is developed this more. Tamarians are highly   
   narrative, apparently more so than the rest of us, and what does this   
   mean? There are fascinating implications for sociology, mental health,   
   and potentially even religion. There's also a burning question of how   
   anyone learns the stories in the first place. All of this stuff could   
   have been developed in side stories, as other alien cultures have been.   
      
   Lower Decks has a Tamarian crew member, Kayshon, who has learned to   
   speak the way everyone else does but sometimes reverts to his natural   
   mode. He's a pretty good character, so I'm not sorry they're in the   
   Federation.   
      
      
   --   
   Trustworthy words are not pretty;   
   Pretty words are not trustworthy.   
      
   -Lao-Tzu spoke those pretty words.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)