gasarch@umcp-cs.UUCP (William Gasarch) (09/24/85)
Here is a trivia question which I hope will lead to interesting discussion. I don't know the answer myself In which episodes did they violate the prime directive? Commentary on whether they should have done so, or consistency to when they do apply it should spark some discussion. _________ As for James Tyberias Kirk, and the ``WHere no man has gone before'' gravestone which says ``James R. Kirk'', I've heard Trekies explain it away by saying that it showed that the god-like guy was NOT a god, and was not infallable. I explain it away by saying it proves that Gene Rodenbery was NOT a god, and was not infallable. W.Ian Gasarch I'm a Doctor not a scriptwriter Star Bleech.
demillo@uwmacc.UUCP (Rob DeMillo) (09/26/85)
> Here is a trivia question which I hope will lead to interesting > discussion. I don't know the answer myself > > In which episodes did they violate the prime directive? > > _________ > > > W.Ian Gasarch > I have a better question, which is sure to produce a smaller subset: in which episodes DIDN'T they violate the prime directive? :-> (Well, sort of....) -- --- Rob DeMillo Madison Academic Computer Center ...seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!demillo "...That's enough, that's enough! Television's takin' its toll. Turn it off, turn it off! Give me the remote control! I've been nice! I've been good! Please don't do this to me! I've been nice, turn it off, I don't wanna hav'ta see... ...'The Brady Bunch!'"
scott@hou2g.UUCP (Racer X) (09/26/85)
>In which episodes did they violate the prime directive?
In which episodes did they NOT violate it? :-)
Here goes an off-the-top-of-my-head stab at a list:
1. Omega Glory
2. A Piece of the Action
3. Patterns of Force
[these three were actually attempts to UNDO damage]
4. The Apple [possibly the most blatant example]
5. Friday's Child?
6. A Taste of Armageddon
7. Return of the Archons
8. The Cloud Minders
9. For the World is Hollow... [Perhaps only marginally]
10. Mirror, Mirror [The Halkans in the mirror universe,
and perhaps by counseling rebellion by the bearded Spock]
As you can see, I'm beginning to reach. (Sorry if I can't remember all
78 episodes off the top of my head...). I'm positive there are at
least 5 or so more that SOMEONE in the Federation would consider a violation.
"To order poison in a bar would be...illogical."
Scott J. Berry
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