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Subj : Re: Why Was Kahn So Much Better?
To   : alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise
From : Al Smith
Date : Mon Oct 10 2005 20:13:50

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise

> I've been watching the episodes with the Augments
> again (as if I had a choice) and it struck me how
> radically different these punks are from Khan's group
> of supermen (and women). Khan's people were loyal
> to Khan and apparently to each other, but Soong's
> bunch are ready to cut each other's throats at the drop
> of a hat. Left alone, this bunch of super-punks would
> kill themselves off within a year; heck, probably a lot
> less time than that.
> 
> Kahn's people were conquerors, but Soong's bunch are
> homicidal as well as genicidal maniacs ready to kill
> everything they can think of.  I wonder if Soong knew
> that his people were so inferior to Kahn?  It's a pity,
> kinda, that Kahn & company were sleeping in a generation
> ship; I would have loved to see what Kahn could have done
> to those young upstarts.
> 
> Ron

Khan and his people were from the 1960s, whereas the Augments were 
from the 2000s. I mean the writing of these characters. In the 
1960s there was a belief in loyalty and honor. Today, most 
television writers don't know what the word "honor" means.

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