From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: evilbillsdmnn@gmail.com   
   Subject: Re: Vulcan Racism Vs. IDIC?   
      
   "Steven L."  wrote in message   
   > "Quadibloc"  wrote in message   
   >> Unfortunately, there _is_ a disturbing note in Star Trek of preference   
   >> for a system of ethics which contains disturbing parallels with that   
   >> of Nazism to the ethical system of our society, as derived from   
   >> Christianity, which constrains people to give precedence to the   
   >> immediate and direct consequences of their actions to other   
   >> individuals over possible long-range global considerations.   
   >   
   > Roddenberry was an atheist, remember?   
   >   
   > We're seeing that in the debate over global warming:  Let's all    
   > voluntarily agree to take a permanent cut in the global domestic product,    
   > even though that might mean starvation for millions of humans--because we    
   > gotta save Mother Earth and all them animals.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Well an atmosphere composed of 21% oxygen is generally a good thing, as    
   opposed to an atmosphere composed of 21% carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide.    
   )    
      
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