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Subject: Re: Re:  \"His was the most human\"
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Date: Fri, 14-Feb-86 10:44:16 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 14 10:44:16 1986
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> Samuel T. Cogley a man whom you'll notice rejected the logic of a computer
> for books written by "human" minds.

	Cogley did not reject the logic of a computer, he rejected the 
  impersonality of a computer. Having the computer read him pertinent
  sections of a document, such as The Constitution of the United States, was
  not as soul-thrilling to him as reading it on his own. That is what I think
  he was trying to get across to Kirk during his speech and in his gift at
  the end of the show. Something that was repeated when Spock gave Kirk that
  copy of "A Tale of Two Cities" in Star Trek II - The Wrath of Kahn.

> Would Kirk sacrifice himself for his ship and his crew? Obviously, in this
> case, he doesn't.  No human does.

	No, I don't think Kirk would do the same thing thing that Spock did,
  because he is not the same person. Kirk would spend his time trying to find
  a way out of the "Life or Death" situation, as in the Kobiyashi Maru sce-
  nario, without losing anyone's life. ANd, left to Kirk they would have all
  died because Kirk's way of thinking is wrong for that situation. Which, I
  think is what Star Trek is all about.
	Kirk saves the day in most of the stories because he is the star.
  But, there situations occur when Kirk's way of doing things is inappropre-
  ate, so things are settled by Spock. There are times also where both of
  these approaches are wrong and someone else comes up with the winning
  combination. Neither human or Vulcan way is better, but together they are
  better then they were. Then when you had in the Klingons, Romulans, Thol-
  ians and who knows how many other races in the Galaxy, the combination
  increases even more so.

						Star-Lord

They were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Naturally they became heroes.