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From: ccrrick@ucdavis.UUCP (Rick Heli)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: This Side of Paradise
Message-ID: <449@ucdavis.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 7-Dec-85 15:24:28 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec  7 15:24:28 1985
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> 
> 	When Kirk got over the spores by getting angry,
> he reasoned that he had to get Spock up to the ship and
> slap him around (knowing that it was a dangerous thing
> to do) so to get him to return to normal(?) so that
> the crew and planet dwellers might be saved.  Why not get
> McCoy up first, slap him around (less dangerous) and get
> Bones to make up some kind of hypo to knock Spock out until
> they could strap him down, wake him up, and then call him
> names?

The reason Kirk was able to snap out of it was his sense of duty.
He probably reasoned that Spock's strength of will would allow
him to do the same.  This might not be the case so much for Dr.
McCoy.
						--rick