Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.10 $; site uiucdcs Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!bellcore!petrus!sabre!zeta!epsilon!gamma!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!friedman From: friedman@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: A Private Little War Message-ID: <24900122@uiucdcs> Date: Fri, 27-Dec-85 10:16:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.24900122 Posted: Fri Dec 27 10:16:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Dec-85 23:15:48 EST References: <739@mtx5d.UUCP> Lines: 39 Nf-ID: #R:mtx5d.UUCP:739:uiucdcs:24900122:000:1754 Nf-From: uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU!friedman Dec 27 09:16:00 1985 Re. Ellen Bart's argument with her brother over A Private Little War: Ellen, I'm afraid I have to agree with your brother when he says you're a naive romantic. :-) The Prime Directive no longer applies; the Klingon interference can only be countered as Kirk has argued. Since the culture has already been disturbed, the closest one can come to the spirit of the P.D. is to try to patch things up for the closest possible scenario to the original culture. I can't think of anything better than Kirk's decision (can you?). It certainly won't do to let the town people, with their imported flintlock technology, destroy the hill people (and, not so incidentally, lead the planet into the Klingon Empire). Did you notice Tyree at the end? In his anguish over Nona's death at the hands of the townsmen, he shows definite agressive signs. He will fight. This only adds to Kirk's anguish, but I see nothing to support the idea that this changes Kirk's mind. By the way, since when did an order have to be confirmed to be carried out? The order had been issued, and was not countermanded, therefore Scott must carry it out. As for Nona's spell, I agree with Kirk's statement that he was under no spell when he made this decision. The only real spell I think he was under was when she tried to seduce him by rubbing the juice of that flower on his skin, and that was long after his decision on the flintlocks. H. George Friedman, Jr. Department of Computer Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1304 West Springfield Avenue Urbana, Illinois 61801 USENET: ...!{pur-ee,ihnp4,convex}!uiucdcs!friedman CSNET: friedman%uiuc@csnet-relay.arpa ARPA: friedman@uiuc.arpa