From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: sdlitvin@earthlink.net   
   Subject: Re: The Unasked &Unanswered Questions of TOS   
      
      
      
   "Steve"  wrote in message    
   news:66296ea7-ebfe-4c0b-b9ae-2562c5f58c0b@f35g2000vbr.googlegroups.com:   
      
   > On Jul 24, 11:10apm, Ron  wrote:   
   > > It's funny but when you see reviews of The Mark Of Giddeon, almost   
   > > nobody ever asks, how the hell did th Giddeons-- aGiddeonites?-- how   
   > > did those people ever build a replica of Enterprise so   
   > > precise, it fooled Kirk? Better question, why bother?   
   > >   
   > > We know that the Romulans and Klingons would kill for such precise   
   > > details of a starship but these pople want it just to play an   
   > > elaborate joke on athe good Captain? Huh?   
   > >   
   > I think this question gets asked pretty much every time this episode   
   > is discussed.  In addition to this, there's lots of problems with this   
   > episode.  Why not ship some people off the planet?  How about birth   
   > control.   
      
   Kirk had suggested birth control, but Odin said that was against the    
   morals of the Gideonites.   
      
   And if the planet truly has a population of many billions, you can't    
   ship sufficient numbers of people off the planet to reduce the    
   population.  (Where are you going to get a fleet of 10 million ships.)     
   Especially not if those still on the planet keep breeding.   
      
      
   > Why do they have to keep Kirk once they have his blood   
   > sample.   
      
   Now that one can't easily be answered.   
      
      
      
   -- Steven L.   
      
      
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