From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: sutter.cane@rx78.org   
   Subject: Re: Define "alien"   
      
   Duggy wrote:   
   >>>> OK, so, I say in TOS, "alien" means "not of our world".   
   >>>> You?   
   >>> So Kirk in the latest movie, not born on Earth, is by your definition   
   >>> an alien?   
   >> Technically, no. He was born in outer space but he's not from outer   
   >> space and he was raised on earth. You may say one human is an alien if   
   >> it's born and raised on another planet. I mean "Marcus Cole" is, to some   
   >> degree, an "alien". I used "Marcus Cole" - from B5 - 'cause I don't have   
   >> similar examples in the ST universe. I'm pretty sure there are though.   
   >    
   > I wouldn't call a human of terran decent alien whether they ever   
   > visited Earth or not.   
      
   If you are thinking at the usual way Sci-fi describes it, I agree, but   
   technically that's an alien. I mean, if it helps you, think to humans   
   that were born and raised in a planet where the environment is different   
   enough from earth to have them evolved in a slightly different way.   
   Think for example to the Jaffa in SG1 or, better, to the people of the   
   Pegasus galaxy in SGA.   
      
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