[net.movies] STII New Queries - Very Slight Spoiler

doug (06/27/82)

One person previously remarked that it was inconsistent that Khan should
know of the Vulcan saying, "Revenge is a dish best served cold".  This
person did not think it likely that Khan's wife simply told him of this
saying during their "stay" on Regula whatever.  I don't mean to dispute
him on this, although it seems a plausible enough explanation to me.
After all, I guess wives and husbands can and do talk about just anything.

My query is this:  what on earth does the saying mean?  Does it mean that
revenge is best handled logically as opposed to emotionally (i.e. cold
and calculating instead of in the "heat" of passion?).  But why just
revenge then?  Why not everything?  Why not "Discussing federation
gossip is a dish best served cold?"

Anyway, in the unlikely event that this is what the saying means, why
does Khan quote it to express his current actions which are, to say the
least, done with extreme emotion and passion?

LLAP,

doug@uwisc