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From: merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant)
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Subject: Re: General ST Comments (probably not a spoiler, if anyone cares now)
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Date: Sun, 8-Jul-84 15:49:13 EDT
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{ Might is right... }

I will agree that a Klingon-Federation War could be used to make
an interesting story, but the avenue has been shut off by the 
Organians.  (For that matter, in STIII, why didn't the Organian's
blow up the Klingons for nuking that Federation ship?)

The Romulans could be done, but they aren't as much fun as the
Klingons are.  The make-up is far less flashy.

And as for the comment about "I don't want to see much blood,"
phooey.  War is blood.  War is dead burnt bodies.  "Star Wars"
and the like make a marvelous show of making war in space look
galant.  Let's add a touch of reality here.  If there's a war,
there better be blood.  No, I don't want to see it "over-used",
but let's not make it "pretty", either.  That, to me, would be
a marvelously strong anti-war statement right there.
--
                                             Peter Merchant