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From: moriarty@fluke.UUCP (The Napoleon of Crime)
Newsgroups: net.startrek,net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: "His was the most human"
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Date: Wed, 5-Feb-86 16:33:36 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  5 16:33:36 1986
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I assume this is an early April Fool's joke on the part of Monsieur Leeper;
something akin to Kelvin Thompson movie reviews, though not as funny.
Equating the requium for Spock (I'd just love to hear a voice out of the
photon torpedo/coffin: "But I'm not dead yet!") to a racial slur like
"That's mighty white of you!" is, at least, a warped sense of degree.  As to
whether Kirk is making a racial slur by saying he was "the most... human", I
guess it depends on 1) the way he said (is human a compliment) and 2) who
the audience of the film was.  1) is almost certainly a compliment to
humans, and as for 2), I didn't see any Vulcans hanging around the aisles in
my local theatre, popping licorice Juji-fruits and mind-melding with the
cute blond at the concession stand.

Really.  Anyone who likes Star Trek and feels the characters are well
developed will realize what Kirk was trying to say.  I found it quite
touching, myself, emotional sap that I am.

                        "I read a column by George Will that SCARFACE
                         should be rated X because parents were taking their
                         children to see it.  So what?  Why should the
                         motion-picture industry be responsible for our
                         morality?
                         Dad says to Mom, `SCARFACE is in town.'
                         `What's it about?'
                         `Human scum who kill each other over cocaine deals.'
                         `Sounds great!  Let's take the kids!'"
                                                -Ian Shoales

                                        Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
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