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Subj : Re: TNG vs TOS - anybody still think Next Generation sucks?
To   : rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.startrek.current,alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From : ToolPackinMama
Date : Sun Oct 02 2005 00:44:30

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

Steven L. wrote:
> ToolPackinMama wrote:

>> Kirk is still IMHO the ideal Trek hero, because the overall message of 
>> ~standing up to bullies without becoming one~ found its embodiment in 
>> him.  Kirk was decisive, tough, and effective as a warrior:  
>> intolerant of bullies and jerks, and capable of kicking their butts in 
>> a contest. But Kirk was not sadistic, nor power-hungry, nor a 
>> war-lover.  He's generally a gentleman - a tolerant man who prefers 
>> peace and civilized methods.
> 
> 
> In fact, of all Kirk's decorations, the one he's proudest of is the Palm 
> Leaf for the Axanar Peace Mission.  (cf. his discussion of that mission 
> with Captain Garth in "Whom Gods Destroy")

S'right.

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