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From: dr37@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Joanna Bryson)
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Subject: Re: Inconsistencies (Shore Leave)
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Date: Tue, 9-Apr-85 21:39:21 EST
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Blaming script writers is not a valid form of Star Trek rationalizing!  That's
like explaining physics as a bunch of miracles (cf the Clarke-Liebniz 
corespondence)!  "Oh, God just decided that atoms won't collapse on themselves."
Sure it's easy and might be right, but it's not worthy of our genere.  Sulu 
meant that the bridge was sending down someone, easily guessed since noone else
would have the authority, but difficult to identify individually with the 
transporter malfunctioning.  If someone comes up with a more creative 
explanation, I'll buy it, but no more Great Bird stuff :-)

Joanna
         `:-( Warning---Speculation is illogical