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   Message 18,394 of 20,898   
   Brad Filippone to All   
   Re: Define "alien"   
   15 Aug 11 07:35:53   
   
   From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: Brad_Filippone@yahoo.com   
   Subject: Re: Define "alien"   
      
   On Aug 15, 7:00aam, Duggy  wrote:   
   > On Aug 14, 3:11apm, Steve Hayes  wrote:   
   >   
   > > On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:18:28 -0700 (PDT), Duggy    
   > > wrote:   
   > > >On Aug 13, 9:37apm, Akira Norimaki  wrote:   
   > > >> Duggy wrote:   
   > > >> > On Aug 12, 10:19 am, ToolPackinMama  wrote:   
   > > >> >> OK, so, I say in TOS, "alien" means "not of our world".   
   > > >> >> You?   
   > > >I wouldn't call a human of terran decent alien whether they ever   
   > > >visited Earth or not.   
   > > Illegal aliens are a problem in Australia; ask any aboriginal.   
   >   
   > In Star Trek: The Original Series I wouldn't call a human of terran   
   > decent alien whether they ever visited Earth or not.   
   >   
   The only instance I can think of right off of a human being called an   
   alien in the original series is in "Patterns of Force" when Daris   
   says, "You mean that the Fuhrer is an alien?"  But as she's on her   
   home planet and John Gill is from Earth, he IS an alien to her.   
   Brad   
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