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From: karel@ihuxp.UUCP (m. strabala )
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Reality intrudes........
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Date: Thu, 14-Nov-85 14:43:46 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 14 14:43:46 1985
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   I, a confirmed trekkie, read the trekkie news today for the 
first time and found it ... interesting:

- Discussions about how fast warp k REALLY is. 
- Does Spock lie? If so, what are his motivations?
- Arguments about in which episode a sentence fragment was spoken.
- In-depth analyses of what sort of UNDERWEAR (if any) the crew wears.
- Indignance over inconsistencies between episodes, as if God
  Himself were caught stealing from orphans at Christmastime.

   One person seemed to be getting a glimmer of a clue - he/she suggested
that perhaps the writers of the show actually (gasp) MAKE UP some of
Spock's spoken statistics. This is an important concept, so let
us rephrase it, in order that it not be overlooked. The suggestion
was that perhaps the imaginary words placed in the imaginary mouth
of this imaginary character might in fact be quite imaginary. 

   We had best not explore too deeply, for we are then led to the
following inescapable conclusions:

- Star Trek is only a tv show, with mediocre acting at that 
  (have you ever seen T. J. Hooker? Shatner is a graduate
  of the Famous Overactors School).
- inconsistencies arise because ST is not a tv show based on reality,
  but a "reality" based upon a tv show.
- Whether we realize it or not, we have better things.
  to do with our time.

                   >>>>>>>> TREKKIE*BUSTER