From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: will.dockery@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [K/S] Two TOS episodes, compared and contrasted:  Amok Time,
andJourney to Babel (links)

On Sunday, June 22, 2014 10:37:27 PM UTC-4, ToolPackinMama wrote:
> On 6/22/2014 10:14 PM, ToolPackinMama wrote:
> 
> > http://allyourtrekarebelongto.us/babel.htm
> 
> I wish to draw your attention to this:
> 
> At no point, even in private, do Sarek and Amanda hug or kiss. But they 
> do touch hands, fairly frequently, several times, both in public and 
> private. Apparently, touching hands together is the accepted way for 
> Vulcans to express couple-togetherness.
> 
> I draw attention to this fact, because some boneheads say that Kirk and 
> Spock can't be lovers because we never saw them kiss. 

Well, it was also network television circa 1966... Kirk could barely kiss
Uhura!

Well, we never saw 
> Sarek and Amanda kiss, either. They show love the same way that Kirk and 
> Spock show love to each other: with hand contact, and with acts of fond 
> devotion.

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