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From: cc-30@cory.BERKELEY.EDU (Sean "Yoda" Rouse)
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Subject: Re: "City at the edge of forever"
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Date: Thu, 30-Jan-86 14:52:18 EST
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In article <1631@jhunix.UUCP> ins_akaa@jhunix.ARPA (Ken Arromdee) writes:
>Something that has always bothered me about this episode: since the change in 
>history was caused by Edith remaining around to form a pacifist movement leading
>to the loss of WWII, why didn't Kirk a) explain to Edith what would happen if
>she did so (showing her the necessary evidence such as the tricorder pictures)
>and ask her not to form the movement and/or b) take Edith with him into the
>future (it's probably against regulations, but so are a lot of things Kirk
>does).

	I don't want to get into some theory about making minor changes in
history, but Kirk couldn't explain to Edith what was going to happen because
the original history had her DIE. Remember, the guardian said that they would
be brought back once the mistake (McCoy preventing Edith from being hit by
the car) was corrected. This prevents Kirk from bringing her to the future,
and prevents him from keeoing her alive.

				-Sean "Yoda" Rouse

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