From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: sdlitvin@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: Vulcan Racism Vs. IDIC?
"Imperius Damian" wrote in message
news:hjadjf$sp2$1@news.eternal-september.org:
> "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.
The point is, humans don't need to save every damn species on this
planet.
No humans are going to starve if the snail darter or the passenger
pigeon or even the whale goes extinct. We won't miss them.
We've already domesticated the species we can use.
We don't need to sacrifice our standard of living to save some bird or
bug or frog or insect.
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Steven L.
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