From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: sdlitvin@earthlink.net   
   Subject: Re: Vulcan Racism Vs. IDIC?   
      
   "Graeme"  wrote in message    
   news:8a01294e-fbd2-40ac-90e7-5109e1ade2ff@m25g2000yqc.googlegroups.com:   
      
   > On Dec 29, 4:21apm, Anim8rFSK  wrote:   
   > > Orci is a deeply stupid and lazy person. aA ham sandwich on a plate in   
   > > front of him could escape his notice.   
   >   
   > That's possible.  The Next Generation writers often seemed to have no   
   > clue about how fatuous and self-absorbed those characters were   
   > either.  Still, you'd have to be even dumber than them to have your   
   > characters tossing out epithets like Traitor and Whore, and not   
   > realize that they were unlikable characters.   
      
   Those were young Vulcan bullies, taunting young Spock.  They were    
   supposed to be unlikable--by Spock. But they were kids, no different    
   than similar kids on Earth.   
      
   That whole scene was inspired by Amanda's recollection of it in TOS    
   "Journey to Babel."   
      
   More to the point was when the Vulcan man called Spock's human DNA a    
   disability.  That wasn't very IDICy of him.   
      
      
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