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From: mnw@trwrba.UUCP (Michael N. Washington)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: A Private Little War
Message-ID: <1777@trwrba.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 8-Jan-86 09:54:09 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  8 09:54:09 1986
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Organization: TRW EDS, Redondo Beach, CA
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In article <739@mtx5d.UUCP> elb@mtx5d.UUCP (Ellen Bart) writes:
>References:
>
>Okay, I am willing to accept the consensus of the net.
>
>I have had a long-standing arguement with my brother about
>the ending to a private little war.  I maintain that Kirk in
>the end realizes that flintlocks would be a horrible escalation
>to an already bad situation, recovers from Nona's spell since
>she is dead, and reverses (fails to confirm) his order to
>Scotty about the flintlocks.  (evidence in my favor includes
>the fact that Kirk sighs, says "serpents, Scotty, serpents for
>the Garden of Eden.  Beam us up." and does not restate the order
>and the fact that McCoy has been arguing against the flintlocks
>and Kirk has only overruled him while under Nona's spell)
>
>My brother, however, says I am a naive romantic and that of
>course Tyree gets the flintlocks despite McCoy, the Prime
>Directive, and the influence of the spell.
>
>Okay.  You vote.
>
>ihnp4!mtx5d!elb
>
>
>Ellen Bart
>Middletown NJ MT2C512

Tyree received the flint locks but only after the villagers brutally
killed his wife.  At that point, he wanted to hunt down  the  people
responsible for his wife's death.  He did have hate in his eyes.

Kirk just tried to keep the balance of power by supplying  the  hill
people with flintlocks since the  Klingons  provided  the  villagers
with the firearms.  That was the reason the Enterprise was there.


"Live Long and Prosper!"

Michael N. Washington
TRW E&DS  Redondo Beach, Ca.  90278

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