From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: Led4acs@aol.com   
   Subject: Re: Vulcan Racism Vs. IDIC?   
      
   On Jan 21, 11:42aam, "Steven L."  wrote:   
   > "Quadibloc"  wrote in message   
   >   
   > news:2707553a-009c-4db6-8d14-e1edd7ffa002@k17g2000yqh.googlegroups.com:   
   >   
   > > 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: aLet'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.   
   I guess you are an atheist in regards to methane.   
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