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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 : ANIM8Rfsk
Date : Sun Oct 02 2005 11:16:22

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

in article 433ff526$0$11078$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl, Wouter Valentijn at
liam@valentijn.nu wrote on 10/2/05 7:56 AM:

> ToolPackinMama 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.
>> 
>> FYI, FWIW...
>> 
>> http://allyourtrekarebelongto.us/kirk10.htm
> 
> Plus it didn't make a difference to him whether his opponent was a common
> thug or a planetary leader or some self appointed god. He just dealt with it
> without being in awe of their status.

he made the galaxy a better place.

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